SBIR/STTR Research Award
Parasite Lactate Dehydration for Diagnosis of Plasmodium Falciparum
Award amount
$326,237Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1995Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- FLOW, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
The diagnosis of Plasmodium sp. has traditionally been performed by microscope. It is our intent to modify the procedure to allow diagnosis of the malaria parasite by the detection of metabolic products of the parasite by enzyme techniques. Thus the diagnostic assay for Plasmodium sp. will be dependent on an alteration of the metabolism of the parasite rather than a visual measurement of parasite multiplication.
Technology keywords
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