Due to their vast availability and rapid technological advancement, smartphones have become increasingly used as a platform for development of affordable, point-of-care diagnostic devices for low-resource settings. Simultaneous detection of multiple samples can improve the effectiveness and implementation of the point-of-care detection strategies in low-resource settings, such as a primary healthcare centers, which have limited availability of skilled personnel and consumables. To address this issue, we have developed a novel optical system that allows detection of multiple analytes at the same time in a smartphone-based spectroscopic system.
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