Point-of-care Diagnostics for Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) is prevalent in Singapore especially in childcare centres and diagnosis is mainly done through visual assessment. Currently, the only accurate methods of diagnosis available are done through tests in laboratories. The solution is to establish communication to transfer results to more accessible devices such as phones, expediting the conventional laboratory process of detecting the presence of the HFMD virus.