Scientists at IIT Delhi say that early diagnosis of this type of disease is necessary. Realizing this, the Department of Physics Gleaning Angle Deposition (GLAAD) research has produced a device that will detect it within an hour.
Around 5 to 100 million dengue cases occur every year in the world and thousands of deaths occur. Its cases are increasing in India too. In view of the risk of dengue virus, a group of the Department of Physics Department of IIT Delhi, Glancing Angle Deposition (GLAD), has designed a smart device, which can detect the dengue virus very quickly.
Scientists at IIT Delhi have achieved a major breakthrough in the test of dengue. Scientists at IIT Delhi have built such a device, which will give information about whether or not there is dengue in an hour. Currently, RT-PCR is done to check for dengue, which takes time as well as its equipment is expensive.
Scientists at IIT Delhi say that early diagnosis of this type of disease is necessary. Realizing this, the Department of Physics’ Gleaning Angle Deposition (GLAAD) research has produced a device that will detect it within an hour. This device has been successfully tested.
The head of this project is Professor J.P., Head of the Department of Physics of IIT Delhi. P. Singh said that the institute used the Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) platform to detect dengue. The results were positive. In this technique, two microliter serums were added to the SERS. After this, after undergoing some experiments, the result was reached within an hour. He said that this technique can be used at field level. Also, it can be used successfully in the identification of viral diseases.
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