Kroeckel, Ulla and Rose, Andreas and Eiras, Alvaro E. and Geier, Martin (2006) New tools for surveillance of adult yellow fever mosquitoes: comparison of trap catches with human landing rates in an urban environment. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MOSQUITO CONTROL ASSOCIATION, 22 (2). pp. 229-238. ISSN 8756-971X,
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A novel mosquito trapping system, the BG-Sentinel (R) trap, was evaluated as a monitoring tool for adult Aedes aegypti in field tests in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Human landing/biting collections, a gas-powered CO2 trap, and a Fay-Prince trap with only visual cues serving as references to evaluate the efficacy of the new trap. The BG-Sentinel is a simple suction trap that uses upward-directed air currents as well as visual cues to attract mosquitoes. The trap was tested with a new dispenser system (BG-Lure (R)) that releases artificial human skin odors and needs no CO2. In comparison with the two other traps, the BG-Sentinel caught significantly more Ae. aegypti. Although human landing rates were the highest, there was no significant difference between human landing rates and the capture rates of the BG-Sentinel trap. This finding indicates that the trap can be considered as an acceptable alternative to human landing/biting collections in the surveillance of adult host-seeking dengue vectors. The addition of the BG-Lure to the gas-powered CO2 trap greatly increased its efficacy. This combination, however, was not significantly more effective than the BG-Sentinel without CO2. In a 6-month comparison between the BG-Sentinel and a sticky ovitrap for gravid females, the BG-Sentinel proved to be a far more efficient and sensitive tool to measure the density of Ae. aegypti populations.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | AEDES-AEGYPTI; CARBON-DIOXIDE; ODOR; PERU; |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 590 Zoological sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Feb 2021 07:05 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Feb 2021 07:05 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/34511 |
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