Research
A point-of-care lateral flow assay for semiquantitative detection of vitamin A deficiency for low-resource settings
Nature ·
The Brief
- A point-of-care lateral flow assay for semiquantitative detection of vitamin A deficiency has been described in a Nature Scientific Reports article.
- The assay is aimed at low-resource settings.
- The source feed lists the article with no summary, so further technical details are not available from the sources provided.
Why it matters
A low-cost, point-of-care test for vitamin A deficiency could enable screening where laboratory testing is unavailable, which matters for public health and nutrition researchers working in low-resource settings.
Who’s affected
- public health and nutrition researchers
- clinicians and health workers in low-resource settings
- #vitamin a
- #lateral flow assay
- #point-of-care diagnostics
- #nutrition
- #global health
Timeline
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A point-of-care lateral flow assay for semiquantitative detection of vitamin A deficiency for low-resource settings