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Michigan State University to Develop Mobile App for Malaria Diagnosis

April 16, 2015 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

Peter Lillejoh

Peter Lillehoj, assistant professor of mechanical engineering. Photo: MSU

Researchers at the Michigan State University College of Engineering are getting closer to phoning home a rapid-response diagnostic test for malaria.

Peter Lillehoj, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is heading a team of researchers that will use a $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop the technology to diagnose and monitor cerebral malaria using mobile phones.

The diagnosis and clinical care for patients with cerebral malaria is complicated. “It is difficult to predict which patients are at risk of deteriorating from the disease, and which are not,” said Terrie Taylor, an MSU University Distinguished Professor and internationally recognized expert on malaria.

Read more, via MSU to Develop Mobile App for Malaria Diagnosis

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Malaria Diagnosis, Michigan State University, Mobile Phone, Peter Lillehoj

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