MARK-RELEASE-RECAPTURE EXPERIMENTS TO ESTIMATE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE LIGHT TRAP IN COLLECTING JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VECTOR MOSQUITOES

Efficiency of the light trap in collecting females of Culex tritaeniorhynchus, the principal vector mosquito of Japanese encephalitis, was evaluated by mark-release-recapture experiments. Females collected with dry ice in the field were marked and released in a pigsty. The recapture rate of marked f...

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Published inJapanese Journal of Medical Science and Biology Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 123 - 129
Main Authors TAKAGI, Masahiro, TSUDA, Yoshio, WADA, Yoshito, SUGIYAMA, Akira, SHIMOMURA, Hiroshi, SUWONKERD, Wannapa, SUZUKI, Akemi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases Editorial Committee 1995
Subjects
Animals
Culex
Dry Ice
Encephalitis, Japanese - prevention & control
Entomology - methods
Female
Insect Control - methods
Insect Vectors
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Summary:Efficiency of the light trap in collecting females of Culex tritaeniorhynchus, the principal vector mosquito of Japanese encephalitis, was evaluated by mark-release-recapture experiments. Females collected with dry ice in the field were marked and released in a pigsty. The recapture rate of marked females by the light trap was so low as around 1% or lower. Owing to this low efficiency, it is not likely that the light trap can be a useful tool in the control of Japanese encephalitis.
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ISSN:0021-5112
1884-2828
DOI:10.7883/yoken1952.48.123