Frugal Innovation in Bioengineering for the Detection of Infectious Diseases

This book introduces readers to the concept of 'frugal innovation' and describes novel low-cost technologies that aid in diagnosing infectious diseases. Rapidly deployable, portable, and affordable diagnostic tools have the potential to tremendously benefit populations in resource-limited...

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Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Vydání:1st ed. 2018.
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ISBN:9783319666471
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Obsah:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Advances in Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases
  • Lab-on-DVD: Optical Disk Drive Based Platforms for Point-of-Care Diagnostics
  • High Performance Paper Microfluidic Malaria Test for Low-Resource Settings
  • Microfluidics for Fast and Frugal Diagnosis of Malaria, Sepsis, and HIV/AIDS
  • Perspective from Industry: AROMICS
  • Funding Frugal Innovation in Global Health: Philanthropy, Aid, and Industry
  • Conclusion. .