Marking mosquitoes in their natural larval sites using ²H-enriched water: a promising approach for tracking over extended temporal and spatial scales.

ABSTRACT:

Background

1.Tracking mosquitoes using current methods of mark-release-recapture are limited to small spatial and temporal scales exposing major gaps in understanding long-range movements and extended survival. Novel approaches to track mosquitoes may yield fresh insights into their biology which improves intervention activities to reduce disease transmission.Stable isotope enrichment of natural mosquito breeding sites allows large-scale marking of wild mosquitoes absent human handling. Mosquito larvae that develop in ²H-enriched water are expected to be detectable for over four months using tissue mass-fraction ²H measurements, providing opportunities for long-term mark-capture studies on a large scale.

Approach

2.A laboratory study followed by a field

SUBMITTER: Faiman R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7449266 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature