Says the study used to diagnose intestinal worms iPhone

The scientists said in a study using the iPhone camera and lens to diagnose intestinal worms in Tanzania rural, a breakthrough that could help doctors treat patients with parasites, the Tuesday.Research published by the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene showed that: Washington, it is possible to fashion a microscope of low cost using iPhone, double-sided tape, flashlight, and laboratory slides regular and $ 8 researchers use a camera microscope lens.The cobbled together successfully to determine the presence of eggs of hookworm and other parasites in the feces of infected children. "There was a lot of tinkering in the laboratory with microscopes mobile phone, but this is the first time that the use of technology in this field to diagnose intestinal parasites," said Isaac Bogoch, a doctor specializing in infectious diseases at the Hospital Toronto General and lead author on the worms infect two billion study.Intestinal just all over the world, most of them children, causing some cases of malnutrition. Can cause can be difficult to diagnose, partly because of the high cost of a microscope traditional, which is priced at about $ 200.Scientists use microscopes cell phone to evaluate stool samples about 200 rural children with intestinal worms, and compare the results obtained from the results of using traditional microscope.They and found the overall microscope von able to detect the presence of worm eggs deposited in about 70 per cent of those infected samples.Although not as sensitive as conventional device, can be a microscope von made more sensitive with improvements, Bogoch said "we believe that Microscopes cell phone could soon become a valuable tool diagnosis in poor and remote areas where intestinal worms are a serious health problem, especially in children, "and pointed out that the researchers also pointed out that almost all of the medical staff already possess a cell phone, so is the cost of a microscope cobbled together using iPhone negligible compared with the cost of the worms and one.Intestinal traditional hookworms and worms, also known as soil-borne worms, are a particular problem in young children, which hinders their physical and mental by causing chronic anemia and malnutrition.If diagnosis quickly, however, could be the negative health effects of parasites be greatly reduced