Optimizing odor-baited trap methods for collecting mosquitoes during the malaria season in The Gambia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Baited traps are potential tools for removal or surveillance of disease vectors. To optimize the use of counter-flow traps baited with human odor (nylon socks that had been worn for a single day) to capture wild mosquitoes in the Gambia, investigations were conducted at a field experimental site.

Methodology/principal findings

Experiments employing Latin square design were conducted with a set of six huts to investigate the effects of the following on overnight mosquito trap catches: (1) placement of traps indoors or immediately outdoors, CO(2) supply, and presence of a human subject in the hut; (2) trap height for collecting mosquitoes immediately outdoors; (3) height and distance from hut; (4) interaction between multiple traps around a single hut and entry of m

SUBMITTER: Jawara M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2780730 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature