Toward a 3-in-1 'dipstick' test for early detection of parasitic diseases
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 22:21
in Health & Medicine
A new simple, inexpensive three-in-one test to diagnose a terrible trio of parasitic diseases that wreak havoc in the developing world is passing preliminary tests, scientists report. The test is for Chagas' disease, leishmaniasis and "sleeping sickness" or African trypanosomiasis.