Malaria diagnosis: past, present and future

To mark World Malaria Day, Professor Sanjeev Krishna from St George's talks about malaria diagnosis from its beginnings with the first discovery of malaria parasites in the blood of a patient to the progress that has been made to date. He also talks about the ideal malaria test of the future and his research group's current work on developing this test.
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Read more about World Malaria Day and take a look at our infographic on the blog: blogs.biomedcen...
For more information on World Malaria Day 2014 please visit: www.who.int/cam...
To find out more about the diagnostic device Prof Krishna and the group are developing please visit: nanomal.org or quantumdx.com
For Prof Krishna's group at St George's please visit: www.tropmed.ac.uk
Find more information about the Challenges in Malaria Research Conference 2014 here: www.challenges-...
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Disclosure: SK is working with QuantuMDx to develop improved diagnostics for malaria and is a shareholder.
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Music
"Dry Air", "Spring Solstice" and "GUI" by Podington Bear
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