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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Sampling outdoor, resting Anopheles gambiae and other mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Western Kenya with clay pots
Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 44, No. 1, Year 2007
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Description
Clay pots were analyzed as devices for sampling the outdoor resting fraction of Anopheles gambiae Giles (Diptera: Culicidae) and other mosquito species in a rural, western Kenya. Clay pots (Anopheles gambiae resting pots, herein AgREPOTs), outdoor pit shelters, indoor pyrethrum spray collections (PSC), and Colombian curtain exit traps were compared in collections done biweekly for nine intervals from April to June 2005 in 20 housing compounds. Of 10,517 mosquitoes sampled, 4,668 An. gambiae s.l. were sampled in total of which 63% were An. gambiae s.s. (46% female) and 37% were An. arabiensis (66% female). The clay pots were useful and practical for sampling both sexes of An. gambiae s.l. Additionally, 617 An. funestus (58% female) and 5,232 Culex spp. (males and females together) were collected. Temporal changes in abundance of An. gambiae s.l. were similarly revealed by all four sampling methods, indicating that the clay pots could be used as devices to quantify variation in mosquito population density. Dispersion patterns of the different species and sexes fit well the negative binomial distribution, indicating that the mosquitoes were aggregated in distribution. Aside from providing a useful sampling tool, the AgREPOT also may be useful as a delivery vehicle for insecticides or pathogens to males and females that enter and rest in them. © 2007 Entomological Society of America.
Authors & Co-Authors
Odiere, Maurice R.
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Kenya, Nairobi
University of Nairobi
Bayoh, Mohamed Nabie
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Gimnig, John E.
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Vulule, John M.
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Irungu, Lucy W.
Kenya, Nairobi
University of Nairobi
Walker, Edward D.
United States, East Lansing
Michigan State University
Statistics
Citations: 107
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[14:SORAGA]2.0.CO;2
ISSN:
00222585
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Kenya
Participants Gender
Female