A low-cost, battery-powered acoustic trap for surveilling male Aedes aegypti during rear-and-release operations.

ABSTRACT: The Aedes aegypti mosquito is a primary vector of several serious arboviruses throughout the world and is therefore of great concern to many public health organizations. With vector control methodology pivoting towards rearing and releasing large numbers of genetically modified, sterilized, or Wolbachia-infected male mosquitoes to control vector populations, economical surveillance methods for release tracking becomes increasingly necessary. Previous work has identified that male Ae. aegypti are attracted to female wingbeat frequencies and can be captured through artificial playback of these frequencies, but the tested systems are cost-prohibitive for wide-scale monitoring. Thus, we have developed a simple, low-cost, battery-powered, microcontroller-based sound lure which mimics the wingbe

SUBMITTER: Johnson BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6072092 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature