Is the Mbita trap a reliable tool for evaluating the density of anopheline vectors in the highlands of Madagascar?

Malaria Journal

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-9

  Laganier, Rémi ^a   Randimby, Fara M ^a   Rajaonarivelo, Voahirana ^a,b   Robert, Vincent ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; INSECT CONTROL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MADAGASCAR; MBITA TRAP; MOSQUITO; NIGHT WORK; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 3042687131     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-2-1     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Service MW: Mosquito ecology: field sampling methods. Barking: Elsevier 2 1993.
2. Mathenge EM, Killeen GF, Oulo DO, Irungu LW, Ndegwa PN and Knols BGJ: Development of an exposure-free bednet trap for sampling Afrotropical malaria vectors. Med Vet Entomol 2002, 16:67-74.
3. WHO: Manual on practical entomology in malaria. Part II. Methods and techniques. Geneva: World Health Organization 1975.
4. Scott JA, Brogon WG and Collins FH: Identification of single specimens of the Anopheles gambiae complex by the polymerase chain reaction. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1993, 49:520-529.
5. Detinova TS: Age grading methods in Diptera of medical importance with special reference to some vectors of malaria. Geneva: World Health Organization 1962. [Monogr Ser 47]
6. Beier MS, Schwartz IK, Beier JC, Perkins PV, Onyango F, Koros SJK, Campbell GH, Andrysiak PM and Brandling-Bennett AD: Identification of malaria species by ELISA in sporozoite and oocyst infected Anopheles from western Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1988, 39:323-327.
7. Mathenge EM, O Omweri GO, Irungu LW, Ndegwa PN, Walczak E, Smith TA, Killen GF and Knols BGJ: Comparative field evaluation of the Mbita trap, CDC light trap and the human landing catch for sampling of malaria vectors in western Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg in press.
8. Chauvet G, Coz J, Gruchet H, Grjebine A and Lumaret R: Contribution à l'étude biologique des vecteurs du paludisme à Madagascar. Résultats de 5 années d'étude. Med Trop 1964, 24:27-44.