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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MOSQUITO CONTROL ASSOCIATION
Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages 331-334Publisher
AMER MOSQUITO CONTROL ASSOC
DOI: 10.2987/5619.1
Keywords
light trap; light-emitting diode (LED); insect trapping; disease vector; ultraviolet (UV)
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- NIAID NIH HHS [R01 AI-56254, U19 AI065866-030002, R01 AI056254-04, U19 AI065866-020002] Funding Source: Medline
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In a climate of increased funding for vaccines, chemotherapy, and prevention of vectorborne diseases, fewer resources have been directed toward improving disease and vector surveillance. Recently developed light-emitting diode (LED) technology was applied to standard insect-vector traps to produce a more effective lighting system. This approach improved phlebotomine sand fly capture rates by 50%, and simultaneously reduced the energy consumption by 50-60%. The LEDs were incorporated into 2 lighting designs, 1) a LED combination bulb for current light traps and 2) a chip-based LED design for a modified Centers for Disease Control and Prevention light trap. Detailed descriptions of the 2 designs are presented.
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