title: Comparative evaluation of light-trap catches, electric motor mosquito catches and human biting catches of Anopheles in the Three Gorges Reservoir.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Parasitic Disease, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, WHO Collaborating Center for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasia, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Wang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Duo-quan
authors.forename: Tang
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lin-hua
authors.forename: Gu
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhen-cheng
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Man-ni
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wei-kang
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae; D055615:Electrical Equipment and Supplies; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D008297:Male; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D045483:Rivers