Purpose
To enable the rapid and non-invasive diagnosis of the filarial roundworm Loa loa, which causes the painful skin and eye disease loaisis commonly found in western and central Africa, by developing a cheap paper-based urine test.
Grantee
Division
Global Health
Date
APRIL 2013
Region served
GLOBAL
Committed amount
$100,000
Grant topic
Discovery and Translational Sciences
Duration (months)
25
Grantee location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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