From: Searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack: advances in mosquito-borne arbovirus surveillance
Mosquito behaviour | Collection method | Advantages | Disadvantages | References |
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Host seeking | Human-landing catchesa | Larger collections than resting or oviposition collections. Collections can be increased by using CO2 or chemical lures | Most traps require batteries or AC power to operate. Depending on environmental conditions, the fan components are prone to malfunction. Require CO2 as the primary attractant | [148] |
BG Sentinel | [149] | |||
CDC-light trap | [150] | |||
EVS-trap | [151] | |||
Mosquito Magnetâ„¢ | [152] | |||
Animal baited traps | ||||
Resting | CDC-backpack aspirator | More blood fed mosquitoes collected, ideal for blood meal analysis | Labour intensive and inefficient mosquito capture | [156] |
Prokopack | [157] | |||
Resting boxes | ||||
Oviposition | Sticky ovitraps | Mosquitoes have bloodfed and thus a higher probability of detecting positive mosquitoes. Targets Aedes-borne viruses such as DENV and CHIKV | Smaller collections than other methods, thus all mosquitoes can be easily processed | |
Gravid Aedes trap (GAT) | [66] | |||
CDC-gravid trap | [164] |