Assessment of ICount software, a precise and fast egg counting tool for the mosquito vector Aedes aegypti.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Widespread in the tropics, the mosquito Aedes aegypti is an important vector of many viruses, posing a significant threat to human health. Vector monitoring often requires fecundity estimation by counting eggs laid by female mosquitoes. Traditionally, manual data analyses have been used but this requires a lot of effort and is the methods are prone to errors. An easy tool to assess the number of eggs laid would facilitate experimentation and vector control operations.

Results

This study introduces a built-in software called ICount allowing automatic egg counting of the mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti. ICount egg estimation compared to manual counting is statistically equivalent, making the software effective for automatic and semi-automatic data analysis. This tech

SUBMITTER: Gaburro J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5116143 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature