SBIR/STTR Research Award
Malaria Diagnostic Methods to Replace Microscopy in Clinical Trials
Award amount
$730,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2009Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- QUANTASPEC, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2009-09-01
- Contract end date
- 2012-01-31
- UEI
- LS3VTJBH7B14
- Solicitation number
- 2008.2
- Topic code
- A08-118
Research abstract
QuantaSpec is a world leader in FTIR spectroscopy applied research. The purpose of this project is to develop and validate methods for the rapid automated detection and identification of Plasmodia in thin film blood smears using FTIR micro spectroscopy. Infrared micro spectroscopy can be used to detect even a single infected red blood cell and is not fooled by artifacts that confound visual microscopy. These capabilities can improve the performance of in vitro diagnostic tests for clinical use, improve case management, aid eradication efforts, and improve the speed and accuracy of efficacy screening of therapeutics and vaccines. Better diagnostics and endpoints are needed to combat malaria which kills approximately 1 million people every year.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Multi-Color Long-wave Infrared (LWIR) Imagers for Infantry Applications
- High Brightness Long Wave Quantum Cascade Laser Development
- Compact Infrared Polarimeter for Target Tracking in Clutter
- Free Space Optical (FSO) Communications in a Radio Frequency (RF) Denied Environment
- Compact Infrared Polarimeter for Target Tracking in Clutter
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Malaria Diagnostic Methods to Replace Microscopy in Clinical Trials
- Branched DNA Diagnostic for Malaria Parasites
- Malaria Diagnostic Methods to Replace Microscopy in Clinical Trials
Research funding history
15 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2006–2019). Reported award amounts total $5,185,980. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security