Comparison of Adult Mosquito Black-Light and Light-Emitting Diode Traps at Three Cowsheds Located in Malaria-Endemic Areas of the Republic of Korea. Issue 1 (16th September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kim, Heung-Chul; Kim, Myung-Soon; Choi, Kwang-Shik; Hwang, Do-Un; Johnson, Jaree L.; Klein, Terry A.
• Is Part Of: Journal of medical entomology. Volume 54:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 221
• Page End: 228
• Publication Date: 2016-09-16
• Subjects: black-light trap -- light-emitting diode trap -- Anopheles -- Culex -- Korea; Insects as carriers of disease -- Periodicals; 616.968
• DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjw136
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-2585

Abstract

Abstract : Adult mosquito surveillance and field trials evaluated selected commercially available ultraviolet black-light (BL) and light-emitting diode (LED) traps at three sites where vivax malaria is endemic from May to October 2015 in northwestern Republic of Korea. Collections totaled 283, 929 adult mosquitoes (280, 355 [98.74%] females and 3, 574 [1.26%] males) comprising 17 species (including six members of the Anopheles Hyrcanus Group) belonging to six genera. The four most predominant female species collected were Aedes vexans nipponii (Theobald) (83.84%), followed by Anopheles Hyrcanus Group (13.66%), Culex pipiens Group (1.67%), and Culex tritaeniorhynchus Giles (0.54%). Overall, LED traps (188, 125) collected significantly more female mosquitoes compared with BL traps (92, 230; P = 0.0001, P < 0.05). Results from these field evaluations significantly enhance vector and disease surveillance efforts, especially for the primary vectors of malaria ( Anopheles Hyrcanus Group) and Japanese encephalitis ( Cx. tritaeniorhynchus ).