New tools for surveillance of adult yellow fever mosquitoes: comparison of trap catches with human landing rates in an urban environment
Autor(es): Kroeckel, Ulla; Rose, Andreas; Eiras, Alvaro E.; Geier, Martin
Resumo: A novel mosquito trapping system, the BG-Sentinel (R) trap, was evaluated as a monitoring tool for adult Aedes aegypti in field tests in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Human landing/biting collections, a gas-powered CO2 trap, and a Fay-Prince trap with only visual cues serving as references to evaluate the efficacy of the new trap. The BG-Sentinel is a simple suction trap that uses upward-directed air currents as well as visual cues to attract mosquitoes. The trap was tested with a new dispenser system (BG-Lure (R)) that releases artificial human skin odors and needs no CO2. In comparison with the two other traps, the BG-Sentinel caught significantly more Ae. aegypti. Although human landing rates were the highest, there was no significant difference between human landing rates and the capture rates of the BG-Sentinel trap. This finding indicates that the trap can be considered as an acceptable alternative to human landing/biting collections in the surveillance of adult host-seeking dengue vectors. The ad
Palavras-Chave: Aedes aegypti; Stegomyia aegypti; Surveillance; Dengue; Kairomones; Traps
Imprenta: Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, v. 22, n. 2, p. 229-238, 2006
Identificador do objeto digital: 10.2987/8756-971X(2006)22[229:NTFSOA]2.0.CO;2
Descritores: Aedes aegypti - Public health
Data de publicação: 2006
