New device could make malaria detection cheaper

Kolkata: Detection of common mosquito-borne disease malaria could become cheaper and take just "seconds" with a new portable device, the handiwork of researchers from two Kolkata institutes.

A team of researchers from the Institute of Engineering and Management in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur claim to have developed a mobile, low-cost malaria detection system, which can also diagnose dengue with some modification.