A malaria survey team in a rural village in Zambia uses the sporozoite rate (proportion of Anopheles mosquitoes with sporozoites in their salivary gla...

Question

A malaria survey team in a rural village in Zambia uses the sporozoite rate (proportion of Anopheles mosquitoes with sporozoites in their salivary glands) as part of the EIR calculation. What technique is used to detect sporozoites in captured mosquitoes?

Accepted Answer

Dissection and microscopy of salivary glands, or ELISA for circumsporozoite protein (CSP)

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Giemsa-stained thick blood film of the mosquito

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Culture of mosquito blood meal on blood agar

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Electron microscopy of mosquito wings

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Serology of the mosquito haemolymph

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Sporozoite Rate Detection

A malaria survey team in a rural village in Zambia uses the sporozoite rate (proportion of Anopheles mosquitoes with sporozoites in their salivary glands) as part of the EIR calculation. What technique is used to detect sporozoites in captured mosquitoes?