From: Development of a data collection and management system in West Africa: challenges and sustainability
Entomology CRF # and Title | Procedures Performed | Information Obtained |
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CRF 1: CSP Testing and blood Meal ELISA testing | ELISA testing for CSP antigen and human red cell antigens | Mosquitoes positive for malaria parasites or human red cells |
CRF 2: Human landing catches, US CDC light traps | Estimate nightly and monthly anopheline biting rates | Number of infectious bites per person per month (EIR) |
CRF 3: Ovarian dissections of captured Anopheline mosquitoes | Dissections performed using stereoscopic microscopes | Distinguish fed, unfed, half-gravid and gravid mosquito vectors |
CRF 4: Mosquito species, Molecular forms and resistances | Use PCR to identify Anopheles species and kdr resistances | Separate gambiae from funestus and distinguish kdr genotypes |
CRF 5: Pyrethrum spray catches (PSCs) and analyses | Pyrethroid spraying of houses slept in the night before | PSC estimate of nightly biting rate from # of fed mosquitoes/house |