RAFT-Rapid Response Funding (RRF2): Mitigating the threat of the invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in Cameroon through entomological and molecular surveillance

Projects

This project is funded by the Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) under the RAFT consortium directed by Professors Sian Clark and Joe Lines, for £60,000. Launched in January 2024, the project is set to end in July 2025. The Resilience Against Future Threats through Vector Control (RAFT) -RRF2 project aims to: Conduct entomological surveillance and…

PUBLICATION: Off-grid field-deployable molecular diagnostic platform for malaria surveillance, by Madhavinadha P. Kona, Armel N. Tedjou & al.

News

This study presents the development and validation of a portable, cost-effective, field-deployable real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) platform for detecting Plasmodium species. This field-friendly molecular diagnostic tool is called the bCUBE qPCR system. It is an innovative device capable of detecting malaria parasites in both human blood and mosquitoes with high accuracy, even at very…