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Point-of-care quantification of blood-borne filarial parasites with a mobile phone microscope
- Michael V. D’Ambrosio1,*,
- Matthew Bakalar1,*,
- Sasisekhar Bennuru2,
- Clay Reber1,
- Arunan Skandarajah1,
- Lina Nilsson1,
- Neil Switz1,3,
- Joseph Kamgno4,5,
- Sébastien Pion4,6,
- Michel Boussinesq6,
- Thomas B. Nutman2,† and
- Daniel A. Fletcher1,3,†
- 1Department of Bioengineering, University of California (UC), Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
- 2Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
- 3Biophysics Graduate Group, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
- 4Center for Research on Filariasis and other Tropical Diseases, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
- 5Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
- 6UMI 233, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement and University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
- ↵†Corresponding author. E-mail: fletch{at}berkeley.edu (D.A.F.); tnutman{at}niaid.nih.gov (T.B.N.)
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Science Translational Medicine 06 May 2015:
Vol. 7, Issue 286, pp. 286re4
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaa3480
Vol. 7, Issue 286, pp. 286re4
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaa3480
Michael V. D’Ambrosio
Department of Bioengineering, University of California (UC), Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Matthew Bakalar
Department of Bioengineering, University of California (UC), Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Sasisekhar Bennuru
Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Clay Reber
Department of Bioengineering, University of California (UC), Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Arunan Skandarajah
Department of Bioengineering, University of California (UC), Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Lina Nilsson
Department of Bioengineering, University of California (UC), Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Neil Switz
Department of Bioengineering, University of California (UC), Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.Biophysics Graduate Group, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Joseph Kamgno
Center for Research on Filariasis and other Tropical Diseases, Yaoundé, Cameroon.Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Sébastien Pion
Center for Research on Filariasis and other Tropical Diseases, Yaoundé, Cameroon.UMI 233, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement and University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Michel Boussinesq
UMI 233, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement and University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Thomas B. Nutman
Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Daniel A. Fletcher
Department of Bioengineering, University of California (UC), Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.Biophysics Graduate Group, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
