Abstract
Distribution, abundance, feeding behaviour, host preference, parity status and human-biting and infection rates are among the medical entomological parameters evaluated when determining the vector capacity of mosquito species. To evaluate these parameters, mosquitoes must be collected using an appropriate method. Malaria is primarily transmitted by anthropophilic and synanthropic anophelines. Thus, collection methods must result in the identification of the anthropophilic species and efficiently evaluate the parameters involved in malaria transmission dynamics. Consequently, human landing catches would be the most appropriate method if not for their inherent risk. The choice of alternative anopheline collection methods, such as traps, must consider their effectiveness in reproducing the efficiency of human attraction. Collection methods lure mosquitoes by using a mixture of olfactory, visual and thermal cues. Here, we reviewed, classified and compared the efficiency of anopheline collection methods, with an emphasis on Neotropical anthropophilic species, especially Anopheles darlingi, in distinct malaria epidemiological conditions in Brazil.
Highlights
TABLE INumber of anophelines caught using seven collection methods during the first comparison during seven consecutive nights at sunset for 4 h (40 min + 20 min interval) in a total of 18.7 h of collection in 1996, Peixoto Farm, municipality of Peixoto de Azevedo, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil
History and basics of collecting mosquitoes - The collection of live insects has occupied humans since before historical times
Distribution, abundance, feeding behaviour, host preference, parity status and human-biting and infection rates are among the medical entomological parameters evaluated in any vector species because these factors are essential in the determination of the vectorial competence of natural populations (Garrett-Jones 1964, Massad & Coutinho 2012)
Summary
Number of anophelines caught using seven collection methods during the first comparison during seven consecutive nights at sunset for 4 h (40 min + 20 min interval) in a total of 18.7 h of collection in 1996, Peixoto Farm, municipality of Peixoto de Azevedo, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil
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