Age grading An. gambiae and An. arabiensis using near infrared spectra and artificial neural networks.

<h4>Background</h4>Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is currently complementing techniques to age-grade mosquitoes. NIRS classifies lab-reared and semi-field raised mosquitoes into < or ≥ 7 days old with an average accuracy of 80%, achieved by training a regression model using partial...

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Main Authors: Masabho P Milali, Maggy T Sikulu-Lord, Samson S Kiware, Floyd E Dowell, George F Corliss, Richard J Povinelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209451