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In this paper published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, we used a new diagnostic kit we termed Cygnus to detect Dengue Fever with significantly improved rates over lateral flow testing kits.<\/p>\n<p>Working with academics and clinicians in Thailand, we tested over 200 dengue patient samples using the microfluidic system against standard laboratory ELISA, RT-PCR and LFT. We found similar sensitivity to standard microplate ELISA and increased sensitivity than LFT.<\/p>\n<p>The paper shows exciting potential for the use of the microfluidic \u2018lab on a strip\u2019 tests that can used in conjunction with a smartphone and are more powerful than LFT testing in this case. As well as being cheap to produce, the lab on a strip technology allows users to test many times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smartphone multiplex microcapillary diagnostics using Cygnus: Development and evaluation of rapid serotype-specific NS1 detection with dengue patient samples &nbsp; https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosntds\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pntd.0010266 &nbsp; Accurate home testing could be used for a wider&#8230;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"&#104;&#116;&#116;&#112;&#115;&#58;&#47;&#47;&#114;&#101;&#115;&#101;&#97;&#114;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#114;&#101;&#97;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#46;&#97;&#99;&#46;&#117;&#107;&#47;&#98;&#105;&#111;&#109;&#101;&#100;&#105;&#99;&#97;&#108;&#45;&#116;&#101;&#99;&#104;&#110;&#111;&#108;&#111;&#103;&#121;&#45;&#108;&#97;&#98;&#47;&#110;&#101;&#119;&#45;&#112;&#97;&#112;&#101;&#114;&#45;&#115;&#109;&#97;&#114;&#116;&#112;&#104;&#111;&#110;&#101;&#45;&#109;&#117;&#108;&#116;&#105;&#112;&#108;&#101;&#120;&#45;&#109;&#105;&#99;&#114;&#111;&#99;&#97;&#112;&#105;&#108;&#108;&#97;&#114;&#121;&#45;&#100;&#105;&#97;&#103;&#110;&#111;&#115;&#116;&#105;&#99;&#115;&#45;&#117;&#115;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#45;&#99;&#121;&#103;&#110;&#117;&#115;&#45;&#100;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#108;&#111;&#112;&#109;&#101;&#110;&#116;&#45;&#97;&#110;&#100;&#45;&#101;&#118;&#97;&#108;&#117;&#97;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#45;&#111;&#102;&#45;&#114;&#97;&#112;&#105;&#100;&#45;&#115;&#101;&#114;&#111;&#116;&#121;&#112;&#101;&#45;&#115;&#112;&#101;&#99;&#105;&#102;&#105;&#99;&#45;&#110;&#115;&#49;&#45;&#100;&#101;&#116;&#101;&#99;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#45;&#119;&#105;&#116;&#104;&#45;&#100;&#101;&#110;&#103;&#117;&#101;&#45;&#112;&#97;&#116;&#105;&#101;&#110;&#116;&#45;&#115;&#97;&#109;&#112;&#108;&#101;&#115;&#47;\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":188,"featured_media":604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - 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