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1 July 2000 Development and Evaluation of a Dipstick Assay for Detection ofPlasmodium falciparumandP. vivaxsporozoites in Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)
Russell E. Coleman, James F. Barth, Michael J. Turell, Scott W. Gordon, Jetsummon Sattabongkot, Robert Copeland, Robert A. Wirtz
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We developed a nitrocellulose-based, dipstick circumsporozoite (CS)-enzyme immunoassay [ELISA] for the simultaneous detection ofPlasmodium falciparumandP. vivax−210 CS protein. The assay had a detection threshold of <250P. falciparumor 400P. vivaxsporozoites per sample, gave results concordant with dissection of salivary glands and CS-ELISA, but was slightly less sensitive than the CS-ELISA in microtiter plates. The assay consistently detected one infected mosquito in a pool of 10 or 20 mosquitoes, and was 100% specific in discriminating between species ofPlasmodiumwhen mosquito suspensions were spiked with sporozoites. The assay could be completed in 1 h, required no specialized equipment, and therefore was useful for field applications.

Russell E. Coleman, James F. Barth, Michael J. Turell, Scott W. Gordon, Jetsummon Sattabongkot, Robert Copeland, and Robert A. Wirtz "Development and Evaluation of a Dipstick Assay for Detection ofPlasmodium falciparumandP. vivaxsporozoites in Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)," Journal of Medical Entomology 37(4), 581-587, (1 July 2000). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585-37.4.581
Received: 23 March 1999; Accepted: 1 March 2000; Published: 1 July 2000
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KEYWORDS
circumsporozoite protein
detection
dipstick
malaria
mosquito
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