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8 October 2022 Comparison of Vector Trapping Methods for Outdoor Biting Malaria Vector Surveillance in Thailand and Vietnam
Ratchadawan Ngoenklan, Tran Thanh Duong, Vu Duc Chinh, Nguyen Quang Thieu, Jeffrey Hii, Michael J. Bangs, Boonserm Aum-Aung, Wannapa Suwonkerd, Theeraphap Chareonviriyaphap
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The performances of the human-baited double net trap (HDNT) and the human-baited host decoy trap (HDT) methods were compared against the outdoor human landing catch (OHLC) method in Thailand and Vietnam. Two study sites were selected in each country: a rural village and a nearby forest setting. The three outdoor trap methods were rotated nightly between three set trapping positions, in a pre-assigned Latin square design. Volunteers were rotated following the trap rotation to avoid bias. The greatest number of adult mosquitoes was collected from the forest sites in both countries, showing Anopheles minimus (s.s.)Theobald (96.54%) and Anopheles dirus (s.s.) Peyton & Harrison (25.71%) as the primary malaria vectors in Thailand and Vietnam, respectively. At theThai forest site, OHLC collected significantly more anopheline mosquitoes per trap night than HDNT and HDT, with mean ± standard error values of 14.17 ± 4.42, 4.83 ± 1.56, and 4.44 ± 1.45, respectively, whilst HDNT and HDT were significantly less productive at 0.34 times and 0.31 times, respectively, than OHLC in capturing anopheline mosquitoes. However, there were no significant differences among the three methods of trapping malaria vectors for the village site. At the Vietnamese forest site, HDNT achieved the highest performance in collecting Anopheline mosquitoes at 1.54 times compared to OHLC, but there was no significant difference between the two traps. The results suggested HDNT could be a possible alternative trap to OHLC in this area. Although HDT was less efficient at attracting Anopheline mosquitoes, it was highly efficient at trapping culicine mosquitoes.

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Ratchadawan Ngoenklan, Tran Thanh Duong, Vu Duc Chinh, Nguyen Quang Thieu, Jeffrey Hii, Michael J. Bangs, Boonserm Aum-Aung, Wannapa Suwonkerd, and Theeraphap Chareonviriyaphap "Comparison of Vector Trapping Methods for Outdoor Biting Malaria Vector Surveillance in Thailand and Vietnam," Journal of Medical Entomology 59(6), 2139-2149, (8 October 2022). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjac147
Received: 27 June 2022; Accepted: 12 September 2022; Published: 8 October 2022
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KEYWORDS
human-baited double net trap
human-baited host decoy trap
outdoor biting mosquitoes
outdoor human landing catch
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