Jourdain Frédéric, Picard Marie, Sulesco T., Haddad N., Harrat Z., Sawalha S. S., Gunay Filiz, Kanani K., Shaibi T., Akhramenko D., Sarih M., Velo E., Paronyan L., Pajovic I., Faraj C., Sikharulidze I., Putkaradze D., Maric J., Bosevska G., Janceska E., Bouattour A., Hamidi A., Sherifi K., Alten B., Petric D., Robert Vincent. (2018). Identification of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) : an external quality assessment of medical entomology laboratories in the MediLabSecure Network. Parasites and Vectors, 11, p. art. 553 [7 p.]. ISSN 1756-3305.
Titre du document
Identification of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) : an external quality assessment of medical entomology laboratories in the MediLabSecure Network
Année de publication
2018
Auteurs
Jourdain Frédéric, Picard Marie, Sulesco T., Haddad N., Harrat Z., Sawalha S. S., Gunay Filiz, Kanani K., Shaibi T., Akhramenko D., Sarih M., Velo E., Paronyan L., Pajovic I., Faraj C., Sikharulidze I., Putkaradze D., Maric J., Bosevska G., Janceska E., Bouattour A., Hamidi A., Sherifi K., Alten B., Petric D., Robert Vincent
Source
Parasites and Vectors, 2018,
11, p. art. 553 [7 p.] ISSN 1756-3305
BackgroundIdentification of vectors is of prime importance in the field of medical entomology for both operational and research purposes. An external quality assessment of mosquito identification capacities was carried out within the MediLabSecure Network, which is composed of laboratories located in 19 countries close to the European Union around the Mediterranean and Black seas.MethodsA set of blind samples consisting of 7 or 8 adult mosquitoes and 4 larvae was given to each participant laboratory. In all, 138 adult mosquitoes and 76 larvae of different species were distributed for genus and species identification.ResultsAll identifications were exclusively morphology based. Overall, 81% of identifications were correct at the genus level, 64% at the species level. The results were highly varied among the 19 participating laboratories. The levels of correct identifications were: 100% (three laboratories), 90-95% (four laboratories), 50-75% (six laboratories) and < 50% (six laboratories).ConclusionsThis evaluation showed the need to maintain efforts in capacity building and quality control in the field of medical entomology and, more specifically, in the morphological identification of the Culicidae.
Plan de classement
Entomologie médicale / Parasitologie / Virologie [052]
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Développement scientifique et technique [116]
Description Géographique
BOSNIE HERZEGOVINE
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010074326]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010074326
