Faraj C, Adlaoui E, Rhajaou M, Lyagoubi M
Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Hygiene, Rabat, Morocco.
East Mediterr Health J. 2003 Jul;9(4):542-7.
The malaria transmission level of Plasmodium vivax was monitored in four high-risk provinces in Morocco. Intensive mosquito collection by light traps and manual catches resulted in the capture of four species: Anopheles labranchiae, An. sergenti, An. cinereus, and An. claviger. All An. sergenti and An. labranchiae females collected were tested for the presence of two phenotypes of P. vivax (PVK210 and PVK247) antigen by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). No P. vivax antigen was detected in 1347 mosquitoes analysed. A parallel parasitological investigation was conducted. Of 2665 slides examined from a population of 4343 people for detection of P. vivax, no slide was positive. The results confirm the break in malaria transmission in residual foci. The use of ELISA is recommended in future epidemiological studies of human malaria.
在摩洛哥的四个高风险省份监测了间日疟原虫的疟疾传播水平。通过诱蚊灯和人工捕捉进行密集蚊虫采集,捕获了四种蚊虫:拉氏按蚊、塞氏按蚊、灰黑按蚊和叉形按蚊。对所有采集到的塞氏按蚊和拉氏按蚊雌蚊进行酶联免疫吸附测定(ELISA),检测间日疟原虫两种表型(PVK210和PVK247)抗原的存在情况。在分析的1347只蚊虫中未检测到间日疟原虫抗原。同时进行了寄生虫学调查。在对4343人进行检测以发现间日疟原虫的2665张载玻片检查中,没有一张呈阳性。结果证实了残留疫点疟疾传播的中断。建议在未来人类疟疾的流行病学研究中使用ELISA。