A Point-of-Care Assay to Detect Antimalarial Drugs from Finger Stick Blood Samples

by The Editorial Team

This video seminar describes research to develop a low-cost, field-based test to detect several slow-clearing ACT drug compounds from unprocessed fingerstick blood samples

28th September 2016 • comment

Special issue on strengthening tuberculosis diagnostic networks in Africa

by The Editorial Team

Call for Papers: Special issue on strengthening tuberculosis diagnostic networks in Africa - African Journal of Laboratory Medicine

22nd January 2016 • comment

Fostering Quality Laboratory Networks through Accreditation in Togo

by The Editorial Team

From our colleagues at the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) - The Role of Public Health Institutes in Achieving Public Health Goals

17th December 2015 • comment

ASLM: Ensuring High Quality Point-of-Care Testing

by The Editorial Team

East African Leaders Join Together to Develop Country-Specific Plans for Point-of-Care Testing.

25th November 2015 • comment

ASLM: Antimicrobial resistance, an International Priority

by The Editorial Team

Two great articles from the African Society for Laboratory Medicine looking at the increasing risk posed by antimicrobial resistance.

20th November 2015 • comment

ASLM: Using a Score Card to Assess Lab Functionality

by The Editorial Team

New articles from the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM).

13th November 2015 • comment

Pioneering New Diagnostics: Addressing Challenges and Implications for Point-of-Care Testing in African Settings

by Laurel Oldach
15th April 2015 • comment

Hepatitis C: Diagnostics Technology Landscape

by Unitaid
5th February 2015 • comment

Effects of introducing Xpert MTB/RIF test on multi-drug resistant tuberculosis diagnosis in KwaZulu-Natal South Africa

by Nomonde R Dlamini-Mvelase, Lise Werner, Rogerio Phili, Lindiwe P Cele and Koleka P Mlisana
20th January 2015 • comment

Rapid and Inexpensive Detection of MDR Mycobacterium tuberculosis using a Resazurin Microtitreplate Assay in a High Burden Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory

by Prenika Jaglal, Melendhran Pillay, Koleka Mlisana
29th October 2014 • comment

The Clinical and Economic Impact of Point-of-Care CD4 Testing in Mozambique and Other Resource-Limited Settings: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.

by Emily P. Hyle et al.
18th September 2014 • comment

Diagnostic Accuracy of Loopamp Trypanosoma brucei Detection Kit for Diagnosis of Human African Trypanosomiasis in Clinical Samples

by Patrick Mitashi, Epco Hasker, Dieudonne Mumba Ngoyi, Pati Patient Pyana, Veerle Lejon, Wim Van der Veken, Pascal Lutumba, Philippe Buscher, Marleen Boelaert, Stijn Deborggraeve

   

21st October 2013 • comment

Evaluation of a Typhoid/Paratyphoid Diagnostic Assay (TPTest) Detecting Anti-Salmonella IgA in Secretions of Peripheral Blood in Lymphocytes in Patients in Dhaka, Bangladesh

by Farhana Khanam, Alaullah Sheikh, Abu Sayeed, Saraur Bhuiyan, Feroza Kaneez Choudhury, Umme Salma, Shahnaz Pervin, Tania Sultana, Dilruba Ahmed, Doli Goswami, Lokman Hossain, KZ Mamun, Richell C Charles, W. Abdullah Brooks, Stephen B. Calderwood, Alejandro Cravioto, Edward T Ryan, Firdausi Qadri
19th July 2013 • comment

Prospective Evaluation of Three Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Diagnosis of Human Leptospirosis

by Marga GA Goris, Mariska MG Leeflang, Martin Loden, Jiri FP Wagenaar, Paul Klatser, Rudy A Hartseerl, Kimberly R Boer
19th July 2013 • comment

Tuberculosis Diagnostic Technology and Market Landscape

by UNITAID
5th July 2013 • comment

Diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis

by Pankaj Srivastava, Anand Dayama, Sanjana Mehrotra, Shyam Sundar
23rd July 2012 • comment

Microfluid technologies

by Paula Bianca Blomquist
16th July 2012 • comment

Evaluation of Rapid, Point of Care, Syphilis Tests

by Editorial Team
27th February 2012 • comment