Abstract
Mosquito-borne diseases are a major public health issue in nearly all tropical and subtropical countries, making vector control imperative. The mosquito trapping box is one type of mosquito traps that is popular in some areas because it is affordable, environmentally friendly, and easy to produce. This research investigated whether the effectiveness of the mosquito trapping box could be increased through the addition of various physical factors, including a wooden frame, black cotton cloth, a fan, carbon dioxide (CO2), and heat, by testing a range of box designs in the Samut Songkhram Province, Thailand, between December 2016 and January 2017. We found that trapping boxes constructed with Pinus kesiya wood caught more mosquitoes than those constructed with two other types of wood or aluminum. We also found that mosquito trapping boxes were more effective when more factors were added, although these differences were only significant for black cotton cloth and CO2. These findings will guide the future development of mosquito trapping boxes for effective mosquito control in other areas, helping to reduce the incidence of mosquito-borne diseases.
Highlights
Mosquito-borne diseases, such as Zika virus, malaria, dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, chikungunya, and filariasis, are a major public health issue in most tropical and subtropical countries, causing millions of deaths each year [1]
We identified three mosquito species from two genera: Culex quinquefasciatus Say, Culex sitiens Weidemann, and Anopheles epiroticus Linton & Harbach
Mosquito trapping boxes constructed from P. kesiya wood caught the largest number of mosquitoes (2.73 ± 0.61 mosquitoes per night per box) while those constructed from D. alatus wood and aluminum caught the least (0.53 ± 0.19 and 0.33 ± 0.08 mosquitoes, respectively) (Table 1)
Summary
Mosquito-borne diseases, such as Zika virus, malaria, dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, chikungunya, and filariasis, are a major public health issue in most tropical and subtropical countries, causing millions of deaths each year [1]. In Thailand, mosquito-borne diseases still remain important human health problems. Most mosquito-borne infectious diseases are caused by nocturnal mosquitoes, including Culex and Anopheles spp. For mosquito-borne disease outbreaks carried by nocturnal mosquitoes in Thailand, malaria is the most important and Anopheles spp. are a vector. Culex mosquitoes is one of the genera carrying Japanese encephalitis and filariasis [1]. There are many species of Culex that cause these disease in Thailand, such as Cx. quinquefasciatus, Cx. tritaeniorhynchus, Cx. gelidus, and Cx. sitiens [4]
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