A low-powered and highly selective trap for male Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) surveillance: the male Aedes sound trap

Staunton, Kyran M., Crawford, Jacob E., Liu, Jianyi, Townsend, Michael, Han, Yu, Desnoyer, Mark, Howell, Paul, Xiang, Wei, Burkot, Thomas R., Snoad, Nigel, and Ritchie, Scott A. (2021) A low-powered and highly selective trap for male Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) surveillance: the male Aedes sound trap. Journal of Medical Entomology, 58 (1). pp. 408-415.

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Abstract

As Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, Diptera: Culicidae) expands its global distribution and vectors a range of debilitating arboviruses there is an increased need for enhanced mosquito surveillance. Consequently, we developed a Male Aedes Sound Trap (MAST) that requires minimal power and is highly species-specific. Two different versions of the MAST were developed, one that uses synthetic pyrethroid to kill captured mosquitoes (MAST Spray) and another which has an internal divider to create a killing chamber in which a sticky panel can be placed to capture mosquitoes (MAST Sticky). We compared weekly capture rates of male Ae. aegypti and bycatch from the two MAST versions to those from BG-Sentinel (BGS) traps and Sound-producing BG-Gravid Aedes Traps (SGATs) throughout Cairns, northern Australia. Weekly mean male Ae. aegypti catches did not significantly differ between trap types. However, the rate of positive weekly detections of male Ae. aegypti was lower for the MAST Sticky than the other three trap types. The MASTs sampled significantly fewer mosquitoes other than male Ae. aegypti, than either the BGS trap or the SGAT. Also, the MASTs and SGATs all caught significantly less non-Culicidae bycatch than the BGS traps. Consequently, we have developed a versatile male Ae. aegypti trap which is potentially of great benefit to Ae. aegypti surveillance programs.

Item ID: 64041
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1938-2928
Keywords: Aedes aegypti, mosquito trap, dengue, male, sound lure
Copyright Information: © The Author(s) 2020. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Funders: Verily Life Sciences
Date Deposited: 26 Aug 2020 21:24
FoR Codes: 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4202 Epidemiology > 420203 Environmental epidemiology @ 100%
SEO Codes: 92 HEALTH > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920499 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified @ 100%
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