HIV Can Be Diagnosed Early On A Paper Based Test

HIV is pandemic and can cause severe morbidities and mortality if not detected early and treated early but for lifelong, as a time latent virus can be active in the body. While finding an effective cure for most deadly diseases is on the list of priorities for scientists, a timely detection or diagnosis is equally important. A cure for HIV/AIDS has possibly been a big, long-standing challenge for experts.

As scientists work on procuring an effective vaccine or a drug, an affordable and highly sensitive paper-based diagnostic tool for HIV has been developed to make the early detection of the virus possible.The test was developed by researchers from the Imperial College London in the UK and could also be adapted to be used for other dangerous transferable diseases like Ebola and Zika. In recent years, diseases such as Ebola and Zika have caused wide-scale devastation, and HIV continues to…