Hi sharing blood smear picture of confirmed Malaria case taken from foldscope, what you are seeing here is RBCs , in order for identifying parasite we need foldscope with 100 x resolution , currently the foldscope what i have got during delhi workshop doesnt have the resolution required. My focus was on using foldscope for community malaria screening and education thro fontline workers. Appreciate any suggestion on this
Sir, even i am trying to look for the same. I am unable to observe blood cells clearly as we generally use 1000 magnification and I think it has to be attached with high zoom cell phone camera. but I don’t have it.
Sir we are working on the mosquitoes and control measures. could we twin together?
sure can u please send details to my email id drbalups@gmail.com
Hello sir,
I am trying to look for the same. I am a Veterinary Parasitologist. Looking for parasites in blood smear. What type of phone camera I have to get to increase the magnification. I need 1000x magnification.
If any solution, please share it.
Dr.H.Dhanalakshmi
Dear Dr. Balu,
Current foldscope can be modified to give more magnification/resolution by swapping the lenses. The details of the same are described in the original Plos one foldscope paper.
We will be releasing a new tool; specifically focused on malaria screening very soon (in a month or so). Please keep an eye on PrakashLab webpage for detailed announcements for the same.
Also; for imaging blood – here is a nice post from Laks with lots of details and tricks.
https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/?p=929
Cheers
Manu
Dear Manu
Thank you for the link , i will wait for malaria specific foldscope as my entire work is based on community education on malaria in rural areas using foldscope .