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The efficiency of various collection techniques for sampling Culex annulirostris in southeastern Australia
1School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
|December 1, 1985
Abstract:
Dry-ice (CO2) baited EVS (Encephalitis Virus Surveillance) light traps collected significantly more Culex annulirostris than unbaited EVS or CDC light traps, chicken-, guinea pig- and rabbit-baited EVS traps, or cubic foot resting boxes. Results from the animal-baited traps indicated a preference for bird versus mammal bait. Females sampled by the resting boxes had significantly lower parity rates than females sampled by dry-ice baited EVS traps. Parity rates were generally similar among females sampled by dry-ice baited EVS traps, unbaited CDC light traps and animal baited EVS light traps.