Use of the "CDC backpack aspirator" for surveillance of Aedes aegypti in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1994

Original Publication

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volume

10

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

119-124

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Clark GG.Seda H.Gubler DJ.

 

Abstract

We constructed a battery-powered backpack aspirator to collect adult Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. This simple, easily constructed aspirator facilitates the indoor collection of this important vector species. The collections made with the aspirator provide useful information about the biology and behavior of Ae. aegypti that can be used in education and vector control programs and in the evaluation of ultra-low volume insecticide spray programs directed against this species. The cost for construction is ca. $150.

Notes

Author(s) - Clark GG.Seda H.Gubler DJ.