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Lure, retain, and catch malaria mosquitoes. How heat and humidity improve odour-baited trap performance.

Antoine CribellierJeroen SpitzenHenry FairbairnCedric van de GeerJohan L van LeeuwenFlorian Titus Muijres
Published in: Malaria journal (2020)
Results suggest that adding heat and humidity to an odour-baited trap lures more mosquitoes close to the trap and retains them there longer, resulting in higher capture performance. These findings support the development of control tools for fighting mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria.
Keyphrases
  • aedes aegypti
  • dengue virus
  • plasmodium falciparum
  • zika virus
  • heat stress