Rapid age-grading and species identification of natural mosquitoes for malaria surveillance
oleh: Doreen J. Siria, Roger Sanou, Joshua Mitton, Emmanuel P. Mwanga, Abdoulaye Niang, Issiaka Sare, Paul C. D. Johnson, Geraldine M. Foster, Adrien M. G. Belem, Klaas Wynne, Roderick Murray-Smith, Heather M. Ferguson, Mario González-Jiménez, Simon A. Babayan, Abdoulaye Diabaté, Fredros O. Okumu, Francesco Baldini
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2022-03-01 |
Deskripsi
Knowing the age of malaria-transmitting mosquitoes is important to understand transmission risk as only old mosquitoes can transmit the disease. Here, the authors develop a method based on mid-infrared spectra of mosquito cuticle that can rapidly identify the species and age class of main malaria vectors.