TY  - CHAP
AB  - © Springer International Publishing AG 2018. Rapid diagnosis of infectious diseases is necessary for timely treatment and to control spread of diseases. Conventional laboratory approaches are often labor-intensive and associated with time delays that are unacceptable in medical practice. Recent advances in micro-/nanotechnologies have facilitated the development of low-cost microfluidic devices with high sensitivity and throughput that can help reduce healthcare costs and pave the way toward personalized therapy. This chapter covers recent advances in point-of-care (POC) technologies with an emphasis on demonstrated and commercially available systems for diagnosis and treatment of malaria, sepsis, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The current challenges to practical implementation of these technologies are discussed together with some future perspectives.
AU  - Tay, AKP
AU  - Khoo, BL
AU  - Warkiani, ME
DA  - 2018/01/01
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-319-66647-1_4
EP  - 75
JO  - Frugal Innovation in Bioengineering for the Detection of Infectious Diseases
PY  - 2018/01/01
SP  - 57
TI  - Microfluidics for fast and frugal diagnosis of malaria, sepsis, and HIV/AIDS
Y1  - 2018/01/01
Y2  - 2026/06/19
ER  -