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| Positive ID | ||
| Step 1 Sucking tubes were used to collect mosquitoes. One end of the tube was placed over the mosquito on the wall while it was sucked in through the other end | ||
Step 3 Different parts of a dissected mosquito were collected a - the saliva for the Plasmodium parasite b - the stomach for human blood c - the mosquito's own DNA sample | ||
| Step 4 The samples were analyzed by the multiplex PCR device. The results confirmed if the mosquito had fed on a human and if it carried the disease | ||
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