Frugal Innovation in Bioengineering for the Detection of Infectious Diseases

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Chavali, Arvind K. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ramji, Ramesh (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Infectious diseases.; Biomedical engineering.; Health promotion.; Infectious Diseases.; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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. .