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Preliminary louvre-trap hut studies on the egress of Anopheles gambiae Giles, Mansonia uniformis (Theo.) and Culex pipiens fatigans Wied. from untreated huts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

A. Smith ,
J. E. Hudson  and
W. O. Obudho
A. Smith
Affiliation:
Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania
J. E. Hudson
Affiliation:
Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania
W. O. Obudho
Affiliation:
Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania
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The louvre-trap hut was designed to be cheaper and simpler to use than the verandah-trap hut. The eaves are closed, and mosquitoes enter by way of a row of five louvre frames and leave by a window fitted with a window trap. In three trials at Magugu, Tanzania, window traps fitted over one or all louvre frames showed that the efficiency of the louvres in preventing egress was 66–79% for Anopheles gambiae Giles, 51–73% for Mansonia uniformis (Theo.) and 74–78% for Culex pipiens fatigans Wied. Egress through the louvres of A. gambiae is only slightly more, and of M. uniformis much less, than through the eaves of a verandah-trap hut.

Type
Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 61 , Issue 3 , February 1972 , pp. 415 - 419
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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