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The effect of an attractant toxic sugar bait (ATSB) incorporating Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis and methoprene on mosquito populations Cover

The effect of an attractant toxic sugar bait (ATSB) incorporating Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis and methoprene on mosquito populations

Christian Journal for Global Health
Volume 11 (2024): Issue 1
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Open Access
|Feb 2024
Figures & tables

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Map of Study Sites in Bulloch County, Georgia.

Figure 2

ProVector® Military Camouflage Tube.

Table 1

Significant change in mean number of mosquitoes collected between the first period compared to the second, third, and fourth periods (ANOVA), i=significant increase and d=significant decrease (p<0.05).

SpeciesNeg ControlPos ControlTest Site 1Test Site 2
Mosquito Total2, 3i, 4i2, 3i, 4i2d, 3d, 4d2, 3, 4
Ae. albopictus2, 3, 42i, 3, 4
Ae. vexans2, 3d, 4d2, 3d, 4d2d, 3d, 4d2i, 3, 4
Ae. japonicus
An. crucians2, 3i, 42d, 3i, 4i2d, 3d, 4d2d, 3d, 4d
An. punctipennis2, 3i, 42, 3, 42d, 3d, 4d2d, 3d, 4d
An. quadrimaculatus2, 3, 4i2, 3d, 42, 3d, 42, 3, 4
Cq. perturbans2, 3d, 4d2i, 3i, 4i2d, 3d, 4d2d, 3d, 4d
Cx. coronator2, 3i, 4
Cx. erraticus2i, 3i,4i2, 3, 4d2, 3, 4d2, 3, 4i
Cx. nigripalpus2, 3, 42, 3, 42, 3, 42, 3, 4
Cx. quinquefasciatus2, 3i, 4i2, 3i, 4i2, 3i, 4i2, 3, 4i
Ma. dyari
Ae. atlanticus2i, 3i, 42i, 3i, 42i, 3i, 42, 3i, 4
Ae. canadensis2i, 3, 42i, 3d, 4d2i, 3d, 4d2, 3d, 4d
Ae. fulvus pallens*3d, 4d3d, 4d3d, 4
Ae. infirmatis
Ae. taeniorhynchus
Ae. triseriatus2, 3i, 4i2, 3, 42, 3, 4
Ae. trivittatus
Or. signifera
Ps. ciliata2, 3i, 42, 3, 42, 3, 4
Ps. columbiae2, 3i, 42, 3i, 42, 3i, 4
Ps. ferox2i, 3i, 42i, 3i, 4i2i, 3i, 4i2i, 3i, 4
Ps. howardii2, 3i, 42i, 3i, 42, 3i, 42, 3i, 4
Ur. lowii
Ur. sapphirina2, 3, 4i2, 3, 4i2, 3, 4

Note. Blank indicates N<30 therefore not tested,

* No captures during first collection period.

Table 2

Comparison of males from mosquito species where n> 30 at study sites in Bulloch County, Georgia.

SpeciesPos ControlTest Site 1
Ps. howardii males2i, 3i, 42i, 3, 4
Ps. howardii females2i, 3i, 42i, 3, 4
Ur. sapphirina males2, 3, 4i2i, 3, 4
Ur. sapphirina females2, 3, 42, 3i, 4

[i] Note. Significant change in mean numbers collected between first, second, third, and fourth periods (ANOVA), i=significant increase and d=significant decrease (p<0.05).

Figure 3

Proportion of Individual Mosquito Species From Each Site.

Figure 4

Shannon Weiner Index of Diversity.

Figure 5

Comparison of mean number of mosquitoes collected at the Negative Control Site.

Figure 6

Comparison of mean number of mosquitoes collected at the Positive Control Site.

Figure 7

Comparison of mean number of mosquitoes collected at Test Site 1.

Figure 8

Comparison of mean number of mosquitoes collected at Test Site 2.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15566/cjgh.v11i1.729 | Journal eISSN: 2167-2415
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Language: English
Page range: 99 - 110
Submitted on: Dec 2, 2022
Accepted on: Dec 22, 2023
Published on: Feb 25, 2024
Published by: Global Health Institute at William Carey International University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
mosquito,
biopesticide,
bait,
vector,
integrated vector management

© 2024 Thomas Kollars, Mark Carder, Mustapha Debboun, Lee McPhatter, published by Global Health Institute at William Carey International University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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