Sampling Design Influences the Observed Dominance of Culex tritaeniorhynchus: Considerations for Future Studies of Japanese Encephalitis Virus Transmission.

• Main Authors: Jennifer S Lord (Author), Hasan Mohammad Al-Amin (Author), Sumit Chakma (Author), Mohammad Shafiul Alam (Author), Emily S Gurley (Author), Juliet R C Pulliam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Mosquito sampling during Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV)-associated studies, particularly in India, has usually been conducted via aspirators or light traps to catch mosquitoes around cattle, which are dead-end hosts for JEV. High numbers of Culex tritaeniorhynchus, relative to other species, have...