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Field sampling rate of BG-sentinel traps for Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in suburban Cairns, Australia
- Source :
- Journal of medical entomology. 49(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Mini-mark-release-recapture experiments were conducted in suburban Cairns, Australia to establish the sampling rate of the Biogents-Sentinel (BGS) trap for adult Aedes aegypti (L.). Small cohorts of marked mosquitoes (30 females and 15 males) were released at typical Cairns residences, and the number of marked mosquitoes recaptured in the BGS trap after 24 h was recorded. The sampling rate was compared between two seasons and two common housing styles (high-set 'Queenslander-style' timber and low-set brick houses), between old gravid and young nulliparous females, and between mosquitoes released in different areas of a house. Overall, the BGS traps recaptured a mean (+/- SEM) of 24.6% (+/- 1.9) of the released marked female mosquitoes in 24 h. The mean recapture rate for females was significantly higher in the dry season (30.4% +/- 2.8) compared with the wet (18.8% +/- 2.2). The overall recapture rates did not differ significantly between the two house types, but variability between the individual premises was high. An overall mean of 18.2% (+/- 1.7) of males was collected. Recapture rates of young nullipars and older gravid females were similar. These recapture rates can be used to estimate the population density of Ae. aegypti females in north Queensland, although it will provide an underestimate as trap sample was largely representative of mosquitoes present in the same area as the trap, and not from other areas of the house.
- Subjects :
- Male
Veterinary medicine
Mosquito Control
media_common.quotation_subject
Aedes aegypti
Population density
Aedes
Dry season
Animals
media_common
Population Density
General Veterinary
biology
Ecology
Population size
Reproduction
Temperature
Humidity
biology.organism_classification
Mosquito control
Infectious Diseases
Insect Science
Housing
Parasitology
Female
Queensland
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00222585
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of medical entomology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0067c5ddfe2784aac534abce92c9df0b