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1 September 2011 Sticky Bottle Traps: A Simple and Effective Method for Collecting Adult Phlebotomine Sand Flies from Rodent Burrows in a Leishmania-Endemic Region of Egypt
Peter J. Obenauer, Jeffery T. Villinski, Alia Zayed, Noha Watany, Shabaan S. El-Hossary
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Abstract

We describe a simple, economic, and effective method for constructing sticky bottle traps that can be used to capture adult sand flies from rodent burrows. Although sand fly surveillance activities often employ light- or CO2-baited traps, sticky papers secured to a post or placed on the ground can also be used. However, in arid environments, sand and other debris often collect on the sticky surface, reducing trap effectiveness, capacity, and a means for rapid discrimination and enumeration of adult specimens. Herein, a procedure for constructing sticky bottle traps is provided, as well as preliminary results from a recent sand fly field survey utilizing this device.

Peter J. Obenauer, Jeffery T. Villinski, Alia Zayed, Noha Watany, and Shabaan S. El-Hossary "Sticky Bottle Traps: A Simple and Effective Method for Collecting Adult Phlebotomine Sand Flies from Rodent Burrows in a Leishmania-Endemic Region of Egypt," Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 27(3), 333-335, (1 September 2011). https://doi.org/10.2987/11-6152.1
Published: 1 September 2011
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KEYWORDS
bottle trap
Leishmania major
Phlebotomus papatasi
surveillance
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