An improved mosquito electrocuting trap that safely reproduces epidemiologically relevant metrics of mosquito human-feeding behaviours as determined by human landing catch

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Govella, Nicodem J ^a   Maliti, Deodatus F ^a,b   Mlwale, Amos T ^a   Masallu, John P ^a   Mirzai, Nosrat ^b   Johnson, Paul C D ^b   Ferguson, Heather M ^b   Killeen, Gerry F ^a,c  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Anopheles gambiae; Behaviour; Culex; Exposure free; Malaria vector; Mosquito; TRAPS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES TENEBROSUS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULEX PIPIENS; DISEASE CARRIER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN LANDING CATCH; MALE; MANSONIA; MOSQUITO; MOSQUITO BITE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MOSQUITO ELECTROCUTING TRAP; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; URBAN AREA; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CULEX; ELECTRICITY; EVALUATION STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VOLUNTEER; ZOOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CULEX; ELECTRICITY; ENTOMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TANZANIA; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84986917993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1513-1     Document Type: Article

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