Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório Nacional e Internacional de Referência em Taxonomia de Triatomíneos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Secretária Estadual de Saúde de Rondônia, Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública, Porto Velho, RO, Brasil.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2023 Sep 22;56:e02112023. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0211-2023. eCollection 2023.
An external quality assessment on the identification of triatomines within the laboratory network in the state of Rondônia.
Seven laboratories participated in this evaluation. Each was provided with support materials and nine insects from the Hemiptera order for identification.
All samples were accurately identified at the species level. However, correct sex identification was achieved for only 79% of the samples. The most significant challenges were encountered in determining the sex of predators, phytophagous species, Rhodnius robustus, and Rhodnius pictipes.
The identified shortcomings can inform enhancements in vector control programs for Chagas disease.
在朗多尼亚州的实验室网络中进行的一种关于三锥虫鉴定的外部质量评估。
有七个实验室参与了这项评估。每个实验室都提供了支持材料和九只来自半翅目昆虫进行鉴定。
所有样本都在种的水平上准确识别。然而，只有 79%的样本正确识别了性别。在确定捕食者、草食性物种、Rhodnius robustus 和 Rhodnius pictipes 的性别方面遇到了最大的挑战。
所确定的缺点可以为恰加斯病的病媒控制计划提供改进信息。
