A research collaboration between Sensors Group, Fondazione E. Mach and the Instituto Superiore di Sanità shows the chemical signature of plasmodium falciparum gametocytes. The results has been obtained with an original combination of the electronic nose developed by the Sensors Group and the Proton Transfer Reaction – Mass Spectrometer.
Capuano, R., Khomenko, I., Grasso, F., Messina, V., Olivieri, A., Cappellin, L., Paolesse, R., Catini, A., Ponzi, M., Biasioli, F., Di Natale, C.
Simultaneous Proton Transfer Reaction-Mass Spectrometry and electronic nose study of the volatile compounds released by Plasmodium falciparum infected red blood cells in vitro
(2019) Scientific Reports, 9 (1), art. no. 12360,