University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States


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.

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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