Protocol: Use of FTA cards for Leishmania parasite detection in laboratory-infected sand flies and midges

04 May 2020
Mojca Kristan, Tom Walker and Matt Rogers

Protocol for the use of FTA cards for Leishmania parasite detection in laboratory-infected sand flies and Culicoides midges. How to use sugar-soaked FTA cards for detection of parasites in the expectorate of laboratory-infected vectors.

Protocol from the Gnatwork project “The use of FTA cards to monitor Leishmania infection and infectiousness in sand flies and midges“ created for laboratory work undertaken at LSHTM (Oct 2018 – Sep 2019).

Culicoides biting midges Sandfly Molecular FTA