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Development of the BG-Malaria trap as an alternative to human-landing catches for the capture of Anopheles darlingi

Although the human-landing catch (HLC) method is the most effective for collecting anthropophilic anophelines, it has been increasingly abandoned, primarily for ethical considerations. The objective of the present study was to develop a new trap for the collection of Anopheles darlingi . The initial...

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Autores principales: Gama, Renata Antonaci, da Silva, Ivoneide Maria, Geier, Martin, Eiras, Álvaro Eduardo
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3970694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24037199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0074-0276108062013013
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author Gama, Renata Antonaci
da Silva, Ivoneide Maria
Geier, Martin
Eiras, Álvaro Eduardo
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description Although the human-landing catch (HLC) method is the most effective for collecting anthropophilic anophelines, it has been increasingly abandoned, primarily for ethical considerations. The objective of the present study was to develop a new trap for the collection of Anopheles darlingi . The initial trials were conducted using the BG-Sentinel trap as a standard for further trap development based on colour, airflow direction and illumination. The performance of the trap was then compared with those of the CDC, Fay-Prince, counterflow geometry trap (CFG) and HLC. All trials were conducted outdoors between 06:00 pm-08:00 pm. Female specimens of An. darlingi were dissected to determine their parity. A total of 8,334 anophelines were captured, of which 4,945 were identified as An. darlingi . The best trap configuration was an all-white version, with an upward airflow and no required light source. This configuration was subsequently named BG-Malaria (BGM). The BGM captured significantly more anophelines than any of the other traps tested and was similar to HLC with respect to the number and parity of anophelines. The BGM trap can be used as an alternative to HLC for collecting anophelines.
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spelling pubmed-39706942014-05-21 Development of the BG-Malaria trap as an alternative to human-landing catches for the capture of Anopheles darlingi Gama, Renata Antonaci da Silva, Ivoneide Maria Geier, Martin Eiras, Álvaro Eduardo Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz Articles Although the human-landing catch (HLC) method is the most effective for collecting anthropophilic anophelines, it has been increasingly abandoned, primarily for ethical considerations. The objective of the present study was to develop a new trap for the collection of Anopheles darlingi . The initial trials were conducted using the BG-Sentinel trap as a standard for further trap development based on colour, airflow direction and illumination. The performance of the trap was then compared with those of the CDC, Fay-Prince, counterflow geometry trap (CFG) and HLC. All trials were conducted outdoors between 06:00 pm-08:00 pm. Female specimens of An. darlingi were dissected to determine their parity. A total of 8,334 anophelines were captured, of which 4,945 were identified as An. darlingi . The best trap configuration was an all-white version, with an upward airflow and no required light source. This configuration was subsequently named BG-Malaria (BGM). The BGM captured significantly more anophelines than any of the other traps tested and was similar to HLC with respect to the number and parity of anophelines. The BGM trap can be used as an alternative to HLC for collecting anophelines. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2013-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3970694/ /pubmed/24037199 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0074-0276108062013013 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Development of the BG-Malaria trap as an alternative to human-landing catches for the capture of Anopheles darlingi
title Development of the BG-Malaria trap as an alternative to human-landing catches for the capture of Anopheles darlingi
title_full Development of the BG-Malaria trap as an alternative to human-landing catches for the capture of Anopheles darlingi
title_fullStr Development of the BG-Malaria trap as an alternative to human-landing catches for the capture of Anopheles darlingi
title_full_unstemmed Development of the BG-Malaria trap as an alternative to human-landing catches for the capture of Anopheles darlingi
title_short Development of the BG-Malaria trap as an alternative to human-landing catches for the capture of Anopheles darlingi
title_sort development of the bg-malaria trap as an alternative to human-landing catches for the capture of anopheles darlingi
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3970694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24037199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0074-0276108062013013
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