Rapid, Point of Care Diagnostic for Malaria, highly sensitive for P. vivax, with species differentiation

项目概要/摘要 虽然在降低疟疾流行率和死亡率方面取得了重大进展，但疟疾 消除仍然是一个极其困难的目标。恶性疟原虫和间日疟原虫 寄生虫占所有人类疟疾感染的~95%。恶性疟原虫的毒性更强， 不良临床结局的发生率较高，但间日疟原虫更普遍， 分布广泛，往往成为走向灭绝的地区的主要物种。 这些寄生虫遵循不同的病程，治疗方案也不同，需要 一种用于间日疟原虫的额外药物，以消除可能导致疾病复发的肝脏阶段 感染后数年。 目前的诊断方法准确性欠佳，尤其是对间日疟原虫， 周转时间Hemex的目标是开发一种一分钟，1美元，即时诊断， 间日疟原虫的检测限比RDTs低> 5倍。该诊断平台还将具有 区分恶性疟原虫和间日疟原虫的能力，以允许适当的治疗。的 拟议的项目推进了我们目前的快速疟疾检测设备， 与显微镜相比，患者中任何疟疾寄生虫的准确率>95%。新 这种能力将被商业化，成为一个强大的，便携式的，即时护理产品。它有可能 大大减少疟疾传播，并可大大有助于减少 人类痛苦以及帮助实现消灭疟疾。

Project Summary/Abstract While significant progress has been made in reducing malaria prevalence and deaths, malaria elimination remains an extremely difficult goal. P. falciparum and P. vivax species of malaria parasites account for ~95% of all human malaria infections. P. falciparum is more virulent and has a higher incidence of adverse clinical outcomes, but P. vivax is more pervasive and widespread, often becoming the predominant species in regions moving toward elimination. These parasites follow a different course of disease and the treatment regimen differs, requiring an additional drug for P. vivax to eliminate a liver stage which causes disease relapse potentially years after infection. Current diagnostics have suboptimal accuracy, especially for P. vivax, as well as delayed turnaround times. Hemex aims to develop a one-minute, $1, point-of-care diagnostic that has a limit of detection for P. vivax >5x lower than RDTs. This diagnostic platform will also have the ability to differentiate between P. falciparum and P. vivax to allow for appropriate treatment. The proposed project advances our current rapid malaria detection device, which detects the presence of any malaria parasites in patients with >95% accuracy compared to microscopy. The new capability will be commercialized into a robust, portable, point-of-care product. It has the potential to greatly reduce malaria transmission and could substantially contribute towards reduction in human suffering as well as help to achieve malaria elimination.