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| Title |
Trapping of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) vectors using Light Emitting Diode (LED) CDC traps in two arboviral disease hot spots in Kenya
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, May 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1756-3305-5-94 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
David P Tchouassi, Rosemary Sang, Catherine L Sole, Armanda DS Bastos, Lee W Cohnstaedt, Baldwyn Torto |
| Abstract |
Mosquitoes' response to artificial lights including color has been exploited in trap designs for improved sampling of mosquito vectors. Earlier studies suggest that mosquitoes are attracted to specific wavelengths of light and thus the need to refine techniques to increase mosquito captures following the development of super-bright light-emitting diodes (LEDs) which emit narrow wavelengths of light or very specific colors. Therefore, we investigated if LEDs can be effective substitutes for incandescent lamps used in CDC light traps for mosquito surveillance, and if so, determine the best color for attraction of important Rift Valley Fever (RFV) vectors. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 95 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 16 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 7% |
| Other | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 13 | 14% |
| Unknown | 29 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 33 | 34% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 6% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 5 | 5% |
| Engineering | 4 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 11 | 11% |
| Unknown | 34 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 December 2012.
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#4,196
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