A Simple Method for Sampling Indoor-Resting Malaria Mosquitoes Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Africa
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2006Author
Harbison, JE
Mathenge, EM
Misiani, GO
Mukabana, WR
Day, JF
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Sampling indoor resting African malaria vectors is traditionally done by hand catches
with oral or mechanical aspirators and pyrethrum spray catches (PSCs). In this study, we designed
and brießy evaluated an inexpensive but practical alternative by using a cloth resting box or wicker
resting basket and a ceiling net. Evaluations were performed in greenhouse and Þeld situations in rural
Kenya by comparing capture rates of Anopheles gambiae s.l. and Anopheles funestus (Giles) in these
traps to hand collections and PSCs. A resting box and a ceiling net when used together collected more
mosquitoes than a single collector using a hand-held aspirator but only one-third the number collected
by PSCs. At sites where PSCs are impractical, a resting box and ceiling net can be effectively used as
an alternative to hand catches in malaria surveillance.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16739403
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Journal of Medical Entomology, 43(3):473-479. 2006Publisher
Entomological Society of America Department of Zoology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Keny