Open AccessComparative Evaluation of Light-Trap Catches, Electric Motor Mosquito Catches and Human Biting Catches of Anopheles in the Three Gorges Reservoir
Author(s) -
Duoquan Wang,
Lin-hua Tang,
Gu Zhen-cheng,
Xiang Zheng,
Yang Man-ni,
Wei-kang Jiang
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
plos one
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 332
ISSN - 1932-6203
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0028988
Subject(s) - biting , anopheles , anopheles sinensis , three gorges , biology , vector (molecular biology) , sampling (signal processing) , malaria , veterinary medicine , ecology , medicine , recombinant dna , biochemistry , geotechnical engineering , filter (signal processing) , gene , computer science , engineering , immunology , computer vision
The mosquito sampling efficiency of light-trap catches and electric motor mosquito catches were compared with that of human biting catches in the Three Gorges Reservoir. There was consistency in the sampling efficiency between light-trap catches and human biting catches for Anopheles sinensis (r = 0.82, P<0.01) and light-trap catches were 1.52 (1.35–1.71) times that of human biting catches regardless of mosquito density (r = 0.33, P>0.01), while the correlation between electric motor mosquito catches and human biting catches was found to be not statistically significant (r = 0.43, P>0.01) and its sampling efficiency was below that of human biting catches. It is concluded that light-traps can be used as an alternative to human biting catches of Anopheles sinensis in the study area and is a promising tool for sampling malaria vector populations.
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