新尿液测试能快速且无痛的检查疟疾
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2016年(四月)
New Urine Test Offers Quick, Painless Check for Malaria 1
The Nigerian government is encouraging use of a new home test kit 2 to diagnose malaria, in hopes that citizens don't assume they have the disease and self-medicate every time they have a fever.
The simple urine test kit, containing five test strips, is available at a Nigerian pharmacy 3 for $12.
After urine is collected in the cup, the user dips a test stick in the sample and leaves it for 25 minutes. One line on the stick means the person doesn't have malaria. Two lines indicates infection from the mosquito-borne illness.
The test kit replaces painful blood tests.
"I think that is revolutionary,” said shopper Ezzine Anyanwu, explaining that many of her family members “don't necessarily take care of themselves well, so whenever anything is wrong [they assume] it is malaria … and so they take medications."
Malaria is endemic in many countries, including Nigeria, and there are an estimated 425 million cases worldwide. The disease kills more than 400,000 people a year.
Prompt diagnosis 4 is considered key for successful treatment.
The urine test was developed by Fyodor BioTechnology, an American company, and underwent trials in Nigeria.
"Malaria elimination 5 in Nigeria is overdue,” said Victoria Enwenmadu of Fyodor Biotechnology. “A lot of countries have succeeded in eliminating malaria … and the Federal Ministry 6 of Health is doing a lot of work to encourage proper care. So, I think what we bring to the table also adds value to malaria elimination. One aspect is to test before you treat."
Fyodor BioTechnology hopes to make the test available throughout Africa and Asia.
- He had frequent attacks of malaria.他常患疟疾。
- Malaria is a kind of serious malady.疟疾是一种严重的疾病。
- The kit consisted of about twenty cosmetic items.整套工具包括大约20种化妆用品。
- The captain wants to inspect your kit.船长想检查你的行装。
- She works at the pharmacy.她在药房工作。
- Modern pharmacy has solved the problem of sleeplessness.现代制药学已经解决了失眠问题。
- His symptoms gave no obvious pointer to a possible diagnosis.他的症状无法作出明确的诊断。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做一次彻底的调查分析。
- Their elimination from the competition was a great surprise.他们在比赛中遭到淘汰是个很大的意外。
- I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semi-finals.我在400米半决赛中被淘汰。