Label-free, high-throughput detection of P-falciparum infection in sphered erythrocytes with digital holographic microscopy

Ugele M, Weniger M, Leidenberger M, Huang Y, Bassler M, Friedrich O, Kappes B, Hayden O, Richter L (2018)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2018

Journal

Publisher: ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY

Book Volume: 18

Pages Range: 1704-1712

Journal Issue: 12

DOI: 10.1039/c8lc00350e

Abstract

Effective malaria treatment requires rapid and accurate diagnosis of infecting species and actual parasitemia. Despite the recent success of rapid tests, the analysis of thick and thin blood smears remains the gold standard for routine malaria diagnosis in endemic areas. For non-endemic regions, sample preparation and analysis of blood smears are an issue due to low microscopy expertise and few cases of imported malaria. Automation of microscopy results could be beneficial to quickly confirm suspected infections in such conditions. Here, we present a label-free, high-throughput method for early malaria detection with the potential to reduce inter-observer variation by reducing sample preparation and analysis effort. We used differential digital holographic microscopy in combination with two-dimensional hydrodynamic focusing for the label-free detection of P. falciparum infection in sphered erythrocytes, with a parasitemia detection limit of 0.01%. Moreover, the achieved differentiation of P. falciparum ring-, trophozoite- and schizont life cycle stages in synchronized cultures demonstrates the potential for future discrimination of even malaria species.

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Siemens AG, Healthcare Sector Germany (DE) Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. Germany (DE)

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APA:

Ugele, M., Weniger, M., Leidenberger, M., Huang, Y., Bassler, M., Friedrich, O.,... Richter, L. (2018). Label-free, high-throughput detection of P-falciparum infection in sphered erythrocytes with digital holographic microscopy. Lab on A Chip, 18(12), 1704-1712. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8lc00350e

MLA:

Ugele, Matthias, et al. "Label-free, high-throughput detection of P-falciparum infection in sphered erythrocytes with digital holographic microscopy." Lab on A Chip 18.12 (2018): 1704-1712.

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