The Mosquito Electrocuting Trap As An Exposure-Free Method For Measuring Human Biting Rates By Aedes Mosquito Vectors
L. D. Ortega-Lopez, E. D. Pondeville, A. Kohl, R. Leon, M. Pazmino Betancourth, F. Almire, S. Torres Valencia, S. Saldarriaga, N. Mirzai, H. M. Ferguson
This study compares the Mosquito Electrocuting Trap (MET) to the BG-sentinel trap for measuring Aedes aegypti biting rates and finds no significant difference in abundance but highlights MET's potential for direct human biting rate measurement.
bioRxiv · Nov 2, 2019Ecology