Diagnostic Tests Spearhead The Fight Against Malaria

Published: Dec. 2, 2010, 12:04 a.m.

b'ATLANTA\\u2014The paramount importance of diagnostic testing was highlighted at a session on malaria held at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia (November 3-7, 2010). Researchers from around the world discussed cheap convenient rapid diagnostic tests and the latest and most sensitive laboratory methods. Clare Chandler of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine \\u2014 who co-chaired a session on diagnosis in Atlanta \\u2014 discusses the new tests and the improvements they have brought.'