A possible alternative method for collecting mosquito larvae in rice fields
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Rice fields are efficient breeding places for malaria vectors in Madagascar. In order to establish as easily as possible if a rice field is an effective larval site for anophelines, we compared classical dipping versus a net as metho...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2002-04-01
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| Series: | Malaria Journal |
| Online Access: | http://www.malariajournal.com/content/1/1/4 |
| Summary: | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Rice fields are efficient breeding places for malaria vectors in Madagascar. In order to establish as easily as possible if a rice field is an effective larval site for anophelines, we compared classical dipping versus a net as methods of collecting larvae.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Using similar collecting procedures, we found that the total number of anopheline larvae collected with the net was exactly double (174/87) that collected by dipping. The number of anopheline species collected was also greater with a net.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The net is an effective means of collecting anopheline larvae and can be used for qualitative ecological studies and to rapidly determine which rice fields are containing malaria vectors.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1475-2875 |