Evaluation of electric nets as means to sample mosquito vectors host-seeking on humans and primates.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Plasmodium knowlesi is found in macaques and is the only major zoonotic malaria to affect humans. Transmission of P. knowlesi between people and macaques depends on the host species preferences and feeding behavior of mosquito vectors. However, these behaviours are difficult to measure due to the lack of standardized methods for sampling potential vectors attracted to different host species. This study evaluated electrocuting net traps as a safe, standardised method for sampling P. knowlesi vectors attracted to human and macaque hosts. Field experiments were conducted within a major focus on P. knowlesi transmission in Malaysian Borneo to compare the performance of human (HENET) or macaque (MENET) odour-baited electrocuting nets, human landing catches (HLC) and monkey-ba

SUBMITTER: Hawkes F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5516363 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature