A Delhi-based scientist on Sunday claimed to have developed instrument free rapid test for diagnosing AIDS. Naked Eye Visibile Agglutation (NEVA) detects the disease from the blood and serum or plasma are not not required, Prof. Vijay Kumar Chowdhry told the Indian Science Congress (ISC), in session, in Lucknow.
The test, which uses monvalent anti-RBC antigen, does not not agglutate with the normal RBCs but detects the infected cells from the blood sample which is done on a simple slide, Dr Chowdhry said.
The test can be done in any remote area as no no instrument or lab is required after collecting the blood sample, he said. The technology has been funded and supported by the Department of Biotechnology. Bureau Report