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dc.contributor.authorValles, Steven M
dc.contributor.authorWylie, Ross
dc.contributor.authorBurwell, Chris J
dc.contributor.authorMcNaught, Melinda K
dc.contributor.authorHorlock, Christine
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-28T05:57:55Z
dc.date.available2021-07-28T05:57:55Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn2052-1758
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/aen.12297
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/406427
dc.description.abstractIn an effort to improve surveillance capacity for the exotic red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, a lateral flow immunoassay (LFA) was recently evaluated by Biosecurity Queensland staff in Australia. The purpose of the research was to assess the ability of the fire ant LFA to discriminate S. invicta from ants found in Australia and to conduct the first field evaluation of the test. In addition to S. invicta, 36 species of ants, collected mainly from Queensland, were evaluated by the LFA, including species from the Dolichoderinae (n = 7), Formicinae (n = 13), Myrmeciinae (n = 1), Myrmicinae (n = 11), Ponerinae (n = 3) and Pseudomyrmicinae (n = 1) subfamilies. The fire ant LFA test correctly identified S. invicta in every instance. No cross reactivity was observed in the other ant species. Field tests by staff previously unfamiliar with the test resulted in suggestions for improving ant collection and manipulation. The fire ant LFA appears to be suitable for use in Australia for rapid confirmation of potential new detections of S. invicta.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom324
dc.relation.ispartofpageto328
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustral Entomology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume58
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental assessment and monitoring
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiosecurity science and invasive species ecology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode410402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode410202
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsEntomology
dc.subject.keywordsdetection
dc.subject.keywordsfield test
dc.titleEvaluation of a lateral flow immunoassay for field identification of Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Australia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationValles, SM; Wylie, R; Burwell, CJ; McNaught, MK; Horlock, C, Evaluation of a lateral flow immunoassay for field identification of Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Australia, Austral Entomology, 2019, 58 (2), pp. 324-328
dc.date.updated2021-07-28T05:54:28Z
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gro.griffith.authorBurwell, Christopher J.


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