A low-cost, battery-powered acoustic trap for surveilling male Aedes aegypti during rear-and-release operations.
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 Wolba...
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doaj-21f5772cffad4e5eab3c1f9fec0ffbdb2020-11-25T02:35:07ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-01138e020170910.1371/journal.pone.0201709A low-cost, battery-powered acoustic trap for surveilling male Aedes aegypti during rear-and-release operations.Brian J JohnsonBarukh B RohdeNicholas ZeakKyran M StauntonTim PracharScott A RitchieThe 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 wingbeat frequency of female Ae. aegypti, thereby attracting males. We then tested the efficacy of this lure in combination with a passive (non-powered) gravid Aedes trap (GAT) against the current gold-standard, the Biogents Sentinel (BGS) trap, which requires main power (household power) and costs several times what the GAT does. Capture rates of male Ae. aegypti in sound-baited GATs (Sound-GATs) in these field tests were comparable to that of the BGS with no inhibitory effects of sound playback on female capture. We conclude that the Sound-GAT is an effective replacement of the costly BGS for surveillance of male Ae. aegypti mosquitoes, particularly in the developing countries where funding is limited, and has the potential to be adapted to target males of other medically important species.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6072092?pdf=render |
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Brian J Johnson Barukh B Rohde Nicholas Zeak Kyran M Staunton Tim Prachar Scott A Ritchie A low-cost, battery-powered acoustic trap for surveilling male Aedes aegypti during rear-and-release operations. PLoS ONE |
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Brian J Johnson Barukh B Rohde Nicholas Zeak Kyran M Staunton Tim Prachar Scott A Ritchie |
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A low-cost, battery-powered acoustic trap for surveilling male Aedes aegypti during rear-and-release operations. |
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A low-cost, battery-powered acoustic trap for surveilling male Aedes aegypti during rear-and-release operations. |
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A low-cost, battery-powered acoustic trap for surveilling male Aedes aegypti during rear-and-release operations. |
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A low-cost, battery-powered acoustic trap for surveilling male Aedes aegypti during rear-and-release operations. |
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A low-cost, battery-powered acoustic trap for surveilling male Aedes aegypti during rear-and-release operations. |
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low-cost, battery-powered acoustic trap for surveilling male aedes aegypti during rear-and-release operations. |
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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 wingbeat frequency of female Ae. aegypti, thereby attracting males. We then tested the efficacy of this lure in combination with a passive (non-powered) gravid Aedes trap (GAT) against the current gold-standard, the Biogents Sentinel (BGS) trap, which requires main power (household power) and costs several times what the GAT does. Capture rates of male Ae. aegypti in sound-baited GATs (Sound-GATs) in these field tests were comparable to that of the BGS with no inhibitory effects of sound playback on female capture. We conclude that the Sound-GAT is an effective replacement of the costly BGS for surveillance of male Ae. aegypti mosquitoes, particularly in the developing countries where funding is limited, and has the potential to be adapted to target males of other medically important species. |
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