The HIV detector, priced at 34 dollars, can be detected at home with a smartphone

Absrtact: As of the end of 2013, the world is currently living with HIV/AIDS more than 35 million people, the average number of new infections per day up to 6000 people. As of October 2014, there were 497,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in China, of which 154,000 died.

By the end of 2013, the world is currently living with HIV/AIDS more than 35 million people, the average number of new infections per day up to 6000 people. As of October 2014, there were 497,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in China, of which 154,000 died.

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The good news is that researchers at Columbia University recently developed an HIV detector priced at 34 dollars and tested at home with a smartphone.

The HIV detector, through the headphone jack connected with the mobile phone, the test staff as long as the finger on a button, drip a drop of blood, you can detect HIV and syphilis. After 15 minutes, the results are displayed on the device screen. The researchers tested 96 patients in Rwanda, which had a success rate of 92% and 100%.

At present, there are also the exclusion of HIV-infected people and discrimination, many patients do not want to go to the hospital to check, see a doctor, Mother-to-child transmission is under 15 years old children infected with HIV, the main way millions of children have been killed, one reason is because pregnant women do not know that they have been infected. If they can be tested at home for 34 dollars, they can help them find and prevent them in time.