MosqTent: An individual portable protective double-chamber mosquito trap for anthropophilic mosquitoes.
Here, we describe the development of the MosqTent, an innovative double-chamber mosquito trap in which a human being attracts mosquitoes while is protected from being bitten within the inner chamber of the trap, while mosquitoes are lured to enter an outer chamber where they are trapped. The MosqTen...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:7e3cdce079da4cd798a62bacedfbf1c1 2023-05-15T15:11:58+02:00 MosqTent: An individual portable protective double-chamber mosquito trap for anthropophilic mosquitoes. José Bento Pereira Lima Allan Kardec Ribeiro Galardo Leonardo Soares Bastos Arthur Weiss da Silva Lima Maria Goreti Rosa-Freitas 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005245 https://doaj.org/article/7e3cdce079da4cd798a62bacedfbf1c1 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5344318?pdf=render https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005245 https://doaj.org/article/7e3cdce079da4cd798a62bacedfbf1c1 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 3, p e0005245 (2017) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005245 2022-12-31T11:55:29Z Here, we describe the development of the MosqTent, an innovative double-chamber mosquito trap in which a human being attracts mosquitoes while is protected from being bitten within the inner chamber of the trap, while mosquitoes are lured to enter an outer chamber where they are trapped. The MosqTent previously collected an average of 3,000 anophelines/man-hour compared to 240 anophelines/man-hour for the human landing catch (HLC), thereby providing high numbers of human host-seeking mosquitoes while protecting the collector from mosquito bites. The MosqTent performed well by collecting a high number of specimens of Anopheles marajoara, a local vector and anthropophilic mosquito species present in high density, but not so well in collecting An. darlingi, an anthropophilic mosquito species considered the main vector in Brazil but is present in low-density conditions in the area. The HLC showed a higher efficiency in collecting An. darlingi in these low-density conditions. The MosqTent is light (<1 kg), portable (comes as a bag with two handles), flexible (can be used with other attractants), adaptable (can be deployed in a variety of environmental settings and weather conditions), and it can be used in the intra-, peri-, and in the extradomicile. Also, the MosqTent collected similar portions of parous females and anthropophilic mosquito species and collects specimens suitable for downstream analysis. Further developments may include testing for other fabric colors, different mesh sizes and dimensions for other hematophagous insects and conditions, additional chemical mosquito attractants, and even the replacement of the human attractant in favor of other attractants. MosqTent modifications that would allow the trap to be applied as a vector control tool with killing action could also be explored. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 11 3 e0005245 |
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Here, we describe the development of the MosqTent, an innovative double-chamber mosquito trap in which a human being attracts mosquitoes while is protected from being bitten within the inner chamber of the trap, while mosquitoes are lured to enter an outer chamber where they are trapped. The MosqTent previously collected an average of 3,000 anophelines/man-hour compared to 240 anophelines/man-hour for the human landing catch (HLC), thereby providing high numbers of human host-seeking mosquitoes while protecting the collector from mosquito bites. The MosqTent performed well by collecting a high number of specimens of Anopheles marajoara, a local vector and anthropophilic mosquito species present in high density, but not so well in collecting An. darlingi, an anthropophilic mosquito species considered the main vector in Brazil but is present in low-density conditions in the area. The HLC showed a higher efficiency in collecting An. darlingi in these low-density conditions. The MosqTent is light (<1 kg), portable (comes as a bag with two handles), flexible (can be used with other attractants), adaptable (can be deployed in a variety of environmental settings and weather conditions), and it can be used in the intra-, peri-, and in the extradomicile. Also, the MosqTent collected similar portions of parous females and anthropophilic mosquito species and collects specimens suitable for downstream analysis. Further developments may include testing for other fabric colors, different mesh sizes and dimensions for other hematophagous insects and conditions, additional chemical mosquito attractants, and even the replacement of the human attractant in favor of other attractants. MosqTent modifications that would allow the trap to be applied as a vector control tool with killing action could also be explored. |
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José Bento Pereira Lima Allan Kardec Ribeiro Galardo Leonardo Soares Bastos Arthur Weiss da Silva Lima Maria Goreti Rosa-Freitas |
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José Bento Pereira Lima Allan Kardec Ribeiro Galardo Leonardo Soares Bastos Arthur Weiss da Silva Lima Maria Goreti Rosa-Freitas |
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MosqTent: An individual portable protective double-chamber mosquito trap for anthropophilic mosquitoes. |
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MosqTent: An individual portable protective double-chamber mosquito trap for anthropophilic mosquitoes. |
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MosqTent: An individual portable protective double-chamber mosquito trap for anthropophilic mosquitoes. |
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MosqTent: An individual portable protective double-chamber mosquito trap for anthropophilic mosquitoes. |
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MosqTent: An individual portable protective double-chamber mosquito trap for anthropophilic mosquitoes. |
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mosqtent: an individual portable protective double-chamber mosquito trap for anthropophilic mosquitoes. |
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