Evaluation of electric nets as means to sample mosquito vectors host-seeking on humans and primates

Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Relative frequencies of culicine species caught by each trap type, and their medical significance as potential vectors of Japanese encephalitis (JE), chikungunya (CHKV), dengue (DENV) and Getah (GETV) viruses and filarial nematodes

Species	Medical importance^a	HLC	MBT	HENET	MENET	Total
Aedes albopictus	CHKV [49], DENV [50], JE [51]	39	18	3	0	60
Ae. vexans	JE [42]	119	25	0	0	144
Armigeres species		1	0	0	0	1
Ar. jugraensis		0	2	0	0	2
Ar. malayi		0	1	0	0	1
Ar. moultoni		0	2	0	0	2
Ar. subabaltus	JE [52]	1	3	0	0	4
Ar. kesseli		2	0	0	0	2
Coquillettidia crassipes	Filariasis [53]	7	9	1	0	17
Cq. ochracea		3	0	0	0	3
Culex species		48	0	1	0	49
Cx. bitaeniorhycus	JE [42, 51]	0	1	0	0	1
Cx. fuscocephala	JE [43], GETV [44]	7	1	0	0	8
Cx. gelidus	JE [43], GETV [44]	39	102	0	1	142
Cx. malayi		0	1	0	0	1
Cx. mimules		0	1	0	0	1
Cx. perplexus		3	2	0	0	5
Cx. pseudovishnui	JE [42]	23	27	0	0	50
Cx. quinquefasciatus	JE [43], Filariasis [54]	6	21	0	0	27
Cx. sitiens	JE [51]	96	13	0	0	109
Cx. tritaeniorhycus	JE [43]	35	24	1	0	60
Cx. vishnui	JE [42, 51]	135	63	1	1	200
Cx. whitei		3	0	0	0	3
Cx. whitmorei	JE [44]	2	3	0	0	5
Mansonia species		5	0	0	0	5
M. annulata	Filariasis [55]	2	0	0	0	2
M. annulifera	Filariasis [55]	5	0	0	0	5
M. dives	Filariasis [56, 57]	33	2	0	0	35
M. indiana	Filariasis [55]	6	0	0	0	6
M. uniformis	Filariasis [55]	59	3	0	0	62
Unidentified culicine		62	45	3400	576	4083
Total		741	369	3407	578	5095

Abbreviations: HLC human landing catch, MBT monkey-baited trap, HENET human-baited electrocuting net, MENET monkey-baited electrocuting net
^aReference number

ISSN: 1756-3305