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With partners, Global Good is redesigning the window and door to keep deadly mosquitoes out of African homes.

Autoscope was tested in the Iquitos region of Peru in 2016 at two peripheral health facilities, with routine microscopy and PCR as reference standards. The main outcome measures include sensitivity and specificity of diagnosis of malaria from Giemsa-stained blood films, using PCR as reference.

Microbiological culture remains the most sensitive method for detecting viable and infectious bacteria, but these methods often require at least 24 hours to visibly identify bacterial growth.

Here, we review the principles underpinning lateral flow assays and the historical evolution of theory to predict their performance.