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ArticleScientific reports2022

Field trials reveal the complexities of deploying and evaluating the impacts of yeast-baited ovitraps on Aedes mosquito densities in Trinidad, West Indies.

Lester D James, Nikhella Winter, Akilah T M Stewart, Rachel Shui Feng, Naresh Nandram, Azad Mohammed, Molly Duman-Scheel, Ethan Romero-Severson, David W Severson

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Lester D JamesDepartment of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science & Technology, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Nikhella WinterDepartment of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science & Technology, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Akilah T M StewartDepartment of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science & Technology, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Rachel Shui FengDepartment of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science & Technology, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Naresh NandramInsect Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Azad MohammedDepartment of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science & Technology, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Molly Duman-ScheelDepartment of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend, IN, USA.
Ethan Romero-SeversonTheoretical Biology and Biophysics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA.
David W SeversonDepartment of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science & Technology, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. severson.1@nd.edu.
University of the West Indies · TTIndiana University School of MedicineLos Alamos National Laboratory · USMinistry of Health · TT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of lure-and-kill, large-volume ovitraps to control Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus populations has shown promise across multiple designs that target gravid females (adulticidal) or larvae post-oviposition (larvicidal). Here we report on a pilot trial to deploy 10 L yeast-baited ovitraps at select sites in Curepe, Trinidad, West Indies during July to December, 2019. Oviposition rates among ovitraps placed in three Treatment sites were compared to a limited number of traps placed in three Control areas (no Aedes management performed), and three Vector areas (subjected to standard Ministry of Health, Insect Vector Control efforts). Our goal was to gain baseline information on efforts to saturate the Treatment sites with ovitraps within 20-25 m of each other and compare oviposition rates at these sites with background oviposition rates in Control and Vector Areas. Although yeast-baited ovitraps were highly attractive to gravid Aedes females, a primary limitation encountered within the Treatment sites was the inability to gain access to residential compounds for trap placement, primarily due to residents being absent during the day. This severely limited our intent to saturate these areas with ovitraps, indicating that future studies must include plans to account for these inaccessible zones during trap placement.

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AedesAnimalsFemaleMosquito ControlMosquito VectorsOvipositionSaccharomyces cerevisiaeTrinidad and Tobago

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PMID35260697
PMCPMC8904463
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