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13 February 2023 Assessment of Bio-Based Materials as a Sustainable and Scalable Alternative for Detection of Plasmodium spp. (Haemospororida: Plasmodiidae) Sporozoites in Field Deployable Testing
Diego Gomez-Maldonado, Haley Stephens, Alice C. Sutcliffe, Maria Andrea, Camarano Eula, Iris Beatriz, Vega Erramuspe, Ellen M. Dotson, Maria Soledad Peresin, Sarah Zohdy
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Abstract

Malaria is responsible for over 435,000 deaths annually, mostly occurring in sub-Saharan Africa. Detecting Plasmodium spp. sporozoites (spzs) in the salivary glands of Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) vectors with circumsporozoite enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (csELISA) is an important surveillance method. However, current technological advances are intellectual property and often require of distribution and highly trained users. The transition into paper-based rapid plataforms would allow for decentralization of survillance, especially in areas where it was virtually eliminated. The addition of bio-based materials have shown the potential to improve binding of target antigens, while being widely available. Here, we evaluate the use of chitosan and cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) as antibody carriers and substrate coatings on 96-well plates and on wax hydrophobized paper plates for the detection of Plasmodium falciparum (Pf), P. vivax VK210 (Pv210), and P. vivax VK247 (Pv247). To further improve the user-friendliness of the paper plates a quantitative photograph image-based color analysis was done. Interactions between the materials and the assay antibodies were studied by quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D). Overall, the addition of chitosan increased the interaction with antibodies and enhanced signaling in all tests. This work demonstrated that the adaptation of a PcsELISA shows potential as a cost-effective alternative assay platform easily adaptable in deployable testing sites that also showed reduction in reagent volumes by 80% and assay run time by seventh. While dipstick assays were previously developed, paper-based assays are a cost-effective and field-deployable alternative, reducing volumes of reagents that could be used in malaria control and elimination settings.

Diego Gomez-Maldonado, Haley Stephens, Alice C. Sutcliffe, Maria Andrea, Camarano Eula, Iris Beatriz, Vega Erramuspe, Ellen M. Dotson, Maria Soledad Peresin, and Sarah Zohdy "Assessment of Bio-Based Materials as a Sustainable and Scalable Alternative for Detection of Plasmodium spp. (Haemospororida: Plasmodiidae) Sporozoites in Field Deployable Testing," Journal of Medical Entomology 60(3), 535-545, (13 February 2023). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad008
Received: 24 September 2022; Published: 13 February 2023
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KEYWORDS
cellulose nanocrystal
Chitosan
malaria
paper-based assay
QCM-D
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