Using a near-infrared spectrometer to estimate the age of anopheles mosquitoes exposed to pyrethroids.

We report on the accuracy of using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to predict the age of Anopheles mosquitoes reared from wild larvae and a mixed age-wild adult population collected from pit traps after exposure to pyrethroids. The mosquitoes reared from wild larvae were estimated as <7 or ≥7 d...

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Main Authors: Maggy T Sikulu, Silas Majambere, Bakar O Khatib, Abdullah S Ali, Leon E Hugo, Floyd E Dowell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3942457?pdf=render