Oscar Malaria Antigen Card is intended to be used for qualitative detection of malarial Parasite Lactate Dehydrogenase & Histidine-Rich Protein II in whole blood as an aid of Malaria diagnosis. This test can be used for the diagnosis of all species of plasmodium based on the immuno-chromatographic principle.
Special inventions have been used in the test formulation to make it highly sensitive and specific. Whole blood collected from vein punctures or finger pricks can be used for testing.
The test can be performed using whole blood followed by 2-3 drops of assay buffer and results can be obtained & read within 5-20 minutes.