title: Comparison of Adult Mosquito Black-Light and Light-Emitting Diode Traps at Three Cowsheds Located in Malaria-Endemic Areas of the Republic of Korea.
abstract: Adult mosquito surveillance and field trials evaluated selected commercially available ultraviolet black-light (BL) and light-emitting diode (LED) traps at three sites where vivax malaria is endemic from May to October 2015 in northwestern Republic of Korea. Collections totaled 283,929 adult mosquitoes (280,355 [98.74%] females and 3,574 [1.26%] males) comprising 17 species (including six members of the Anopheles Hyrcanus Group) belonging to six genera. The four most predominant female species collected were Aedes vexans nipponii (Theobald) (83.84%), followed by Anopheles Hyrcanus Group (13.66%), Culex pipiens Group (1.67%), and Culex tritaeniorhynchus Giles (0.54%). Overall, LED traps (188,125) collected significantly more female mosquitoes compared with BL traps (92,230; P = 0.0001, P < 0.05). Results from these field evaluations significantly enhance vector and disease surveillance efforts, especially for the primary vectors of malaria (Anopheles Hyrcanus Group) and Japanese encephalitis (Cx. tritaeniorhynchus).
authors.affiliation: 5th Medical Detachment, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion 65 Medical Brigade, Unit 15247, APO AP, 96205-5247 (hungchol.kim2.ln@mail.mil; Culicokim@gmail.com; Jaree.l.johnson.mil@mail.mil).
authors.forename: Heung-Chul
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: 5th Medical Detachment, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion 65 Medical Brigade, Unit 15247, APO AP, 96205-5247 (hungchol.kim2.ln@mail.mil; Culicokim@gmail.com; Jaree.l.johnson.mil@mail.mil).
authors.forename: Myung-Soon
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: College of Natural Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea (ksc@knu.ac.kr; ehdns2tp@naver.com).
authors.forename: Kwang-Shik
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: College of Natural Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea (ksc@knu.ac.kr; ehdns2tp@naver.com).
authors.forename: Do-Un
authors.initials: DU
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: 5th Medical Detachment, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion 65 Medical Brigade, Unit 15247, APO AP, 96205-5247 (hungchol.kim2.ln@mail.mil; Culicokim@gmail.com; Jaree.l.johnson.mil@mail.mil).
authors.forename: Jaree L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: MEDDAC-K/65th Medical Brigade, Unit 15281, APO AP 96205-5281 (terry.a.klein2.civ@mail.mil) terry.a.klein2.civ@mail.mil.
authors.forename: Terry A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D018354:Alphavirus Infections / Q000635:transmission; D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae / Q000502:physiology*; D004672:Encephalitis, Japanese / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D008027:Light; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000379:methods*; D000072138:Mosquito Vectors / Q000502:physiology*; D000071444:Phototaxis; D056910:Republic of Korea
keywords: Anopheles; Culex; Korea; black-light trap; light-emitting diode trap