Comparison of two adult mosquito sampling methods with human landing catches in south-central Ethiopia
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- 作者：Oljira Kenea ; Meshesha Balkew ; Habte Tekie ; Teshome Gebre-Michael…
- 关键词：Anopheles arabiensis ; Ethiopia ; Human landing catches ; Light traps
- 刊名：Malaria Journal
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：16
- 期：1
- 全文大小：1949KB
- 刊物主题：Parasitology; Tropical Medicine; Infectious Diseases; Entomology; Microbiology; Public Health;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1475-2875
- 卷排序：16
文摘
BackgroundThe human landing catch (HLC) is the standard reference method for measuring human exposure to mosquito bites. However, HLC is labour-intensive, exposes collectors to infectious mosquito bites and is subjected to collector bias. These necessitate local calibration and application of alternative methods. This study was undertaken to determine the relative sampling efficiency (RSE) of light traps with or without yeast-produced carbon dioxide bait vs. HLC in south-central Ethiopia.