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Mario A. Rodríguez-Pérez
Contributed equally to this work with: Mario A. Rodríguez-Pérez, Javier A. Garza-Hernández, Mario C. Salinas-Carmona
Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
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Affiliation: Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0905-6073
Javier A. Garza-Hernández
Contributed equally to this work with: Mario A. Rodríguez-Pérez, Javier A. Garza-Hernández, Mario C. Salinas-Carmona
Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing - original draft
Affiliations Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México, Laboratorio de Biologia Molecular, Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Unidad Laguna, Torreon, Coahuila. C. P., México
Mario C. Salinas-Carmona
Contributed equally to this work with: Mario A. Rodríguez-Pérez, Javier A. Garza-Hernández, Mario C. Salinas-Carmona
Roles Writing - original draft
Affiliation: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Medicina, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
Ildefonso Fernández-Salas
Roles Investigation
Affiliation: Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Tapachula, Chiapas, México
Filiberto Reyes-Villanueva
Roles Formal analysis
Affiliation: Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México
Olga Real-Najarro
Roles Writing - original draft
Affiliation: Consejería de Educación, Madrid, España. Calle Maestro 19, Leganés (Madrid) Madrid, España
Eddie W. Cupp
Roles Writing - original draft
Affiliation: Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America
Thomas R. Unnasch
Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Global Health Infectious Disease Research Program, Department of Global Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of AmericaAbstract
Background
The Esperanza Window Trap (EWT) baited with CO2 and human sweat compounds is attractive to Simulium ochraceum s.l., the primary vector of Onchocerca volvulus in the historically largest endemic foci in México and Guatemala.
Methodology/Principal findings
The ability of the EWT to locally reduce numbers of questing S. ochraceum s.l. was evaluated in two formerly onchocerciasis endemic communities in Southern México. At each community, two EWTs were placed in or near a school or household and flies were collected sequentially for a total of 10 days. Black fly collections were then carried out for an additional 10 days in the absence of the EWTs. Flies...