Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-published an article on "A Pan Plasmodium lateral flow recombinase polymerase amplification assay for monitoring malaria parasites in vectors and human populations" in the journal Scientific Reports.
Robust diagnostic tools and surveillance are crucial for malaria control and elimination efforts. Malaria caused by neglected Plasmodium parasites is often underestimated due to the lack of rapid diagnostic tools that can accurately detect these species. While nucleic-acid amplification technologies stand out as the most sensitive methods for detecting and confirming Plasmodium species, their implementation in resource-constrained settings poses significant challenges. In this article, researchers present a Pan Plasmodium recombinase polymerase amplification lateral flow assay, capable of detecting all six human infecting Plasmodium species in low resource settings.
