Towards field malaria diagnosis using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Keren Chen, Aoli Xiong, Clement Yuen, Peter Preiser, Quan Liu

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Abstract

We report three strategies of surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for β-hematin and hemozoin detection in malaria infected human blood, which can be potentially developed for field malaria diagnosis. In the first strategy, we used silver coated magnetic nanoparticles (Fe3O4@Ag) in combination with an external magnetic field to enhance the Raman signal of β-hematin. Then we developed two SERS methods without the requirement of magnetic field for malaria infection diagnosis. In Method 1, silver nanoparticles were synthesized separately and then mixed with lysed blood just like in traditional SERS measurements; while in Method 2, we developed an ultrasensitive SERS method by synthesizing silver nanoparticles directly inside the parasites of Plasmodium falciparum. Method 2 can be also used to detect single parasites in the ring stage.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBiophotonics
Subtitle of host publicationPhotonic Solutions for Better Health Care V
EditorsValery V. Tuchin, Francesco S. Pavone, Jurgen Popp, Dennis L. Matthews
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510601321
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
EventBiophotonics: Photonic Solutions for Better Health Care V - Brussels, Belgium
Duration: Apr 4 2016Apr 7 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume9887
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceBiophotonics: Photonic Solutions for Better Health Care V
Country/TerritoryBelgium
CityBrussels
Period4/4/164/7/16

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 SPIE.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

  • Hemozoin
  • Malaria
  • Raman Spectroscopy
  • Silver nanoparticles
  • Surface enhanced Raman scattering

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