This test is used to identify arthropods by visual examination. This test is indicated for identification of ticks, mites, fleas, spiders, lice, maggots, and other insects that may be associated with human infection, infestation, disease, or disease transmission.
Method
These agents are submitted in clean containers with tight-fitting lids. Specimens for scabies detection may be collected by skin scraping.
Plucked hair may be submitted for identification of nits and the eggs of lice. Maggots may be expelled spontaneously, surgically, by vacuum extraction, or by other methods.
The submitted arthropods and insects are inspected by the naked eye or with low-power microscopy. Identification is based on morphologic features.