[Preliminary test of phlebotomus surveillance by light-traps].
Different light-traps were tested in Wenxian of Gansu Province, including the light-traps without lamp and with glucose solution as attractant. Results showed that the light-traps attracted more mosquitoes and other insects than sandflies, and it became difficult to pick up the sandflies from gathering packet; the light-trap without lamp captured smaller amount of sandflies but much less other insects; glucose showed no significant effect in attracting sandflies. The existing light-traps are not so effective for Phlebotomus surveillance, and it is suggested that more effective attractants be tried.
Gu
Deng-An
DA
National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200025, China. 81443998@sina.com
Jin
Chang-Fa
CF
Lan
Qin-Xian
QX
Zhang
Chou-Ji
CJ
Li
Fan
F
Zhang
Yi
Y
D000818:Animals; D007300:Insect Control / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011576:Psychodidae; D015203:Reproducibility of Results