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  • Rapid detection and drug sensitivity of malaria
    Patent number: 5827681
    Abstract: A test kit for the rapid detection and drug sensitivity of malaria is presented. The test kit of the present invention comprises a unique microscope/slide incubation chamber which permits rapid detection of malaria in wet blood samples using a regular transmitted light microscope to detect opaque hemozoin particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: University Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Edward C. Krug, Randolph L. Berens