Adapting field-mosquito collection techniques in a perspective of near-infrared spectroscopy implementation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has the potential to be a useful tool for assessing key entomological parameters of malaria-transmitting mosquitoes, including age, infectious status and species identity. However, before NIRS can be reliably used in the field at scale, methods for killing mosquitoes and conserving samples prior to NIRS scanning need to be further optimized. Historically, mosquitoes used in studies have been killed with chloroform, although this approach is not without health hazards and should not be used in human dwellings. For the application of NIRS scanning it is also unclear which mosquito preservation method to use. The aim of the study reported here was to investigate the use of pyrethrum spray, a commercially available insecticide spray in Burki

SUBMITTER: Some BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9513905 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature