Smartphone HIV Test Tracks Disease on the Go in Research Trial
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A $34 smartphone attachment to test for HIV and syphilis works almost as well as expensive lab equipment and could be used to make fast diagnoses in poor countries, researchers said.
The “diagnostic dongle” developed by New York’s Columbia University attaches to a smartphone through the audio jack and is thousands of dollars cheaper than top-of-the-line lab-based testing equipment that cost about $18,450.