This is not that useful. It's very easy to identify malaria on a peripheral smear with minimal training (and a much cheaper microscope/lens instead of a smartph

This is not that useful. It's very easy to identify malaria on a peripheral smear with minimal training (and a much cheaper microscope/lens instead of a smartphone). There's an even easier malaria rapid antigen test that requires no microscopy: http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/diagnosis_treatment/rdt.html http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/diagnosis_treatment/rdt.html In many nations with endemic malaria, however, treatment is many times just empiric -- diagnostics are a luxury.