ArticleParasites & vectors2024
Improving onchocerciasis elimination surveillance: trials of odour baited Esperanza Window Traps to collect black fly vectors and real-time qPCR detection of Onchocerca volvulus in black fly pools.
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- A systematic review comparing the performance of alternative blackfly (Simulium) trapping methods against the standard human landing catch (HLC) for onchocerciasis surveillance.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Pooled it
- Adult blackfly (Simulium damnosum s.l.) collection methods: overview and research needs.International health · 2026Review
- Investigating impact of slash and clear vector control strategy on blackfly population and onchocerciasis transmission in a hotspot in Nigeria.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Spatio-temporal analysis and geostatistical modelling of onchocerciasis prevalence in Nigeria to support elimination efforts.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Recrudescence of transmission of onchocerciasis in some endemic communities in Kaduna State, Nigeria: What is the way forward?PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Proceedings from the Fourth Mesoamerican Symposium "Dr. Roberto Navarro López" on Emerging Zoonotic Disease and Arboviruses: Commenting Insights and Research Findings.Research and reports in tropical medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundEntomological data for onchocerciasis surveillance relies on sampling black flies through human landing collectors in the field and laboratory testing of the flies for infection using pooled screening O-150 PCR-ELISA assay. Both techniques require improvements. This study aimed to optimize the Esperanza Window Trap (EWT) for black fly collection. We tested alternative carbon dioxide (CO
methodsTraps baited with low, medium and high release rates of either 2-butanone or cyclopentanone as CO
resultsEWTs baited with 2-butanone caught similar numbers of black flies (Simulium damnosum s.l.) to those baited with CO
conclusionsThe 2-butanone has potential to be used in xenomonitoring as a standardized replacement for organically generated CO
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