ArticleParasitology2018
An assessment of mosquito collection techniques for xenomonitoring of anopheline-transmitted Lymphatic Filariasis in Ghana.
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- Meta-analysis of the prevalence ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of mosquito sampling strategies on molecular xenomonitoring prevalence for filariasis: a systematic review.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2024Pooled it
- Evaluating the Diagnostic Test Accuracy of Molecular Xenomonitoring Methods for Characterizing Community Burden of Lymphatic Filariasis.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021Pooled it
- Assessment of automated loop-mediated isothermal amplification-(LAMP-)based xenomonitoring for Plasmodium spp. in Anopheles mosquitoes.Malaria journal · 2026Article
- No evidence of Wuchereria bancrofti infection in Anopheles species after 10 years without mass drug administration: a molecular xenomonitoring study in Hauts-Bassins, Burkina Faso.Tropical medicine and health · 2025Article
- Detection of potential transmission foci of lymphatic filariasis using molecular xenomonitoring in Huahine, French Polynesia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Current perspectives in the epidemiology and control of lymphatic filariasis.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2025Review
- Assessment of Culicidae collection methods for xenomonitoring lymphatic filariasis in malaria co-infection context in Burkina Faso.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Sampling efficiency and screening ofThe Pan African medical journal · 2024Article
- Mosquitoes, Lymphatic Filariasis, and Public Health: A Systematic Review ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Field evaluation of DNA detection of human filarial and malaria parasites using mosquito excreta/feces.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- An assessment of adult mosquito collection techniques for studying species abundance and diversity in Maferinyah, Guinea.Parasites & vectors · 2020Article
- Molecular xenomonitoring as a post-MDA surveillance tool for global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: Field validation in an evaluation unit in India.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Assessing the Presence ofTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2019Article
- Low Microfilaremia Levels in Three Districts in Coastal Ghana with at Least 16 Years of Mass Drug Administration and Persistent Transmission of Lymphatic Filariasis.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2018Article
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Abstract
Monitoring vectors is relevant to ascertain transmission of lymphatic filariasis (LF). This may require the best sampling method that can capture high numbers of specific species to give indication of transmission. Gravid anophelines are good indicators for assessing transmission due to close contact with humans through blood meals. This study compared the efficiency of an Anopheles gravid trap (AGT) with other mosquito collection methods including the box and the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention gravid, light, exit and BioGent-sentinel traps, indoor resting collection (IRC) and pyrethrum spray catches across two endemic regions of Ghana. The AGT showed high trapping efficiency by collecting the highest mean number of anophelines per night in the Western (4.6) and Northern (7.3) regions compared with the outdoor collection methods. Additionally, IRC was similarly efficient in the Northern region (8.9) where vectors exhibit a high degree of endophily. AGT also showed good trapping potential for collecting Anopheles melas which is usually difficult to catch with existing methods. Screening of mosquitoes for infection showed a 0.80-3.01% Wuchereria bancrofti and 2.15-3.27% Plasmodium spp. in Anopheles gambiae. The AGT has shown to be appropriate for surveying Anopheles populations and can be useful for xenomonitoring for both LF and malaria.
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