PERSISTENCE OF BRUGIA MALAYI DNA IN VECTOR AND NON-VECTOR MOSQUITOES: IMPLICATIONS FOR XENOMONITORING AND TRANSMISSION MONITORING OF LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS
Open Access
- 1 March 2007
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 76 (3), 502-7
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2007.76.502
Abstract
Xenomonitoring (detection of filarial larvae or their DNA in mosquitoes) is a sensitive marker for assessing the endemicity of filariasis and a useful tool for evaluating elimination programs. To examine the fate of microfilariae (mf) and filarial DNA in vector competent and non-competent mosquito strains, we compared the detection of Brugia malayi parasites by dissection and by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in three different mosquito strains. We conclude that PCR is much more sensitive than dissection for detecting filarial larvae, especially their remnants in mosquitoes. However, parasite DNA can be detected in both vector and non-vector mosquitoes for two weeks or longer after they ingest mf-positive blood. Thus, although xenomonitoring with vector and non-vector mosquito species may be a sensitive method for indirectly detecting filarial parasites in human populations, positive test results for parasite DNA in mosquitoes do not necessarily prove that transmission is ongoing in the study area.Keywords
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