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Objective: The aim of this research is to study the effectiveness of mosquito magnet (MM) for reducing mosquitoes (Diptera) populations in coastal areas.
Materials and methods: The study sites are in the coastal area of Samut Songkhram province, Thailand, which is divided into two locations; one that is 2 km and another that is 4 km in distance from the sea. We used the Mosquito Magnet® Independence (MMI) trap for effective field testing in Samut Songkhram Province, Thailand. Traps were placed 100 m away from the house (one trap per location) and mosquitoes were collected at night from 6 PM to 6 AM during September and October 2017 (30 days).
Results: A total of 2,561 adult mosquitoes, including Anophelesepiroticus Linton & Harbach, Culex quinquefasciatus Say, Cx. sitiens Wiedmann, and Cx. gelidus Theobald were collected by MMI. At a 2-km distance from the sea were captured more mosquitoes per night more than at a 4-km distance (63.63 ± 42.30 vs. 21.70 ± 12.42). The comparison of effectiveness of MMI in two locations of the coastal area was shown to have a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) and analysis of the correlation between the number of mosquitoes caught in coastal areas, including at a 2- and 4-km distance from the sea, accounting for weather factors, we found that the effectiveness of MMI was not correlated with weather (p > 0.05).
Conclusion: Overall, this study demonstrated that MM can be used to control mosquitoes in coastal areas with high efficiency, especially 2 km away from the sea.
ARTICLE HISTORY
Received July 30, 2018
Revised: October 14, 2018
Accepted October 20, 2018
Published November 09, 2018
KEYWORDS
Effectiveness; mosquito magnets; mosquito-borne diseases; species diversity
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Introduction
Mosquitoes are insect vectors involved in the transmission of many diseases to humans and distributed all over the world except in cold areas [1]. Most mosquito-borne diseases are caused by nocturnal mosquitoes, such as certain species of Anopheles, a malaria vector; Culex, a Japanese encephalitis vector; and Mansonia, a lymphatic filariasis vector [2,3]. Globally, there are over 2.5 million cases of these diseases and 1 million people die each year from them...