Establishment of open source RT-LAMP based SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics in Africa
Projektnummer
0068588
Zusammenfassung
One of the key actions to limit the socio-economic and health impacts of COVID-19 is widespread testing followed by rapid track and trace strategies. However, traditional testing often incurs in delays of several days and relies on expensive equipment. Point of care diagnostic tests overcome this limitation, but for African countries, bottlenecks in the global supply chain of reagents are still a challenge. The project team has developed an open source SARSCoV-2 point of care test that can be locally manufactured in African countries. The aim of this project is to establish its use as ...
Projektinformationen
Status:
Beendet
Startdatum:
01.02.2022
Enddatum:
31.07.2023
Fördersumme:
120.000 €
Profilbereich:
Beendete Förderinitiativen
Förderinitiative:
Corona Crisis and Beyond - Perspectives for Science, Scholarship and Society