A critical component of combating infectious diseases is having tools and tests that can help quickly and accurately diagnose and monitor the infection so that the right treatment can be given. Diagnostics are also vital for screening and surveillance of infectious diseases, and are increasingly important in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.
Across Imperial, researchers are tackling the urgent need for better diagnostics to combat diseases in both high- and low-resource settings. Below, find out how they are developing innovative technologies to diagnose, inform treatment, and monitor the spread of some of the most threatening bacterial, viral, parasitic and fungal diseases.
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A summary table showing how the different technologies work
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Contacts
Institute of Infection theme lead for diagnostics: Natasha Khaleeq, MSc (Communications Officer, Institute of Infection)
