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Dipstick diagnosis for under-reported diseases

26 Mar 2010

Millions of people in tropical climates are at risk of picking up deadly parasites, but accurate diagnosis is almost impossible in the locations where they strike: remote areas with no microscopes or health workers.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), almost three million people will be infected with one of the following illnesses this year: Chagas disease, found primarily in the Americas; African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), mainly in sub-Saharan Africa; and leishmaniasis, mostly in Southeast Asia, East Africa and Brazil.

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