Publications by authors named "A Aishah-Hani"
Dengue is a significant public health problem in Malaysia and vector surveillance is one of the important components in a vector control program. Routinely vector surveillance in Malaysia is performed through larval surveys. However, larval surveys have several limitations.
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- Wolbachia is a type of bacteria that can naturally infect mosquitoes and may help control diseases spread by these insects.
- The study tested a new technique called Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) to detect Wolbachia in wild mosquito samples, and found that it identified more positive cases (45.6%) than the traditional PCR method (31%).
- LAMP proved to be a sensitive and efficient alternative to PCR for screening mosquitoes for Wolbachia, with significant statistical support for its effectiveness.