Over the last couple of decades, rapid diagnostic tests have emerged as a vital tool in the fight to control malaria. The relatively inexpensive test strips, which work in just minutes, have diagnosed ...

A multicentre study conducted by researchers from West Africa and the UK evaluated a portable molecular malaria test that can detect asymptomatic and submicroscopic infections in under 45 minutes, ...

Rice University researchers have developed a rapid, accurate test for diagnosing malaria that is significantly faster and easier to use than traditional tests. The advancement has the potential to ...

An international study published in the Malaria Journal claims that a widely used test for detecting malaria is delivering too many inaccurate false-negative results and is "not fit for purpose." ...

Malaria remains the most deadly parasitic disease in the world. Although it is not endemic to countries such as Spain, imported cases are diagnosed each year in people returning from areas where the ...

Researchers from URV and ISGlobal demonstrate that a key biomarker can predict the severity of the disease and improve clinical decision-making Malaria remains the mostly deadly parasitic disease in ...

Since 2010, a biological drama has been playing out in the bloodstreams of humans from Peru to Ethiopia. Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite that causes the most common form of malaria, has managed to ...