Comparison of the efficiency of the Onderstepoort‐ and Centres for Disease Control ultraviolet light traps for the collection of livestock associated Culicoides species in South Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. Venter ◽  
S. S. Sebitsang ◽  
V. R. Swart ◽  
S. N. B. Boikanyo ◽  
C. J. Beer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Ultraviolet Light ◽  
Culicoides Species ◽  
Light Traps

Comparison of the efficiency of five suction light traps under field conditions in South Africa for the collection of Culicoides species

2009 ◽  
Vol 166 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 299-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.J. Venter ◽  
K. Labuschagne ◽  
K.G. Hermanides ◽  
S.N.B. Boikanyo ◽  
D.M. Majatladi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Field Conditions ◽  
Culicoides Species ◽  
Light Traps

Centers for Disease Control-type light traps equipped with high-intensity light-emitting diodes as light sources for monitoring Anopheles mosquitoes

Acta Tropica ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 183 ◽  
pp. 61-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benedita Maria Costa-Neta ◽  
Abdias Ribeiro Lima-Neto ◽  
Apoliana Araújo da Silva ◽  
Jefferson Mesquita Brito ◽  
João Vitor Castro Aguiar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Control ◽  
High Intensity ◽  
Light Emitting Diodes ◽  
Light Sources ◽  
Light Traps ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Anopheles Mosquitoes ◽  
Centers For Disease Control ◽  
High Intensity Light

“A Source of Horror and Dread”

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aidan Forth
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
Germ Theory ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
Scientific Analysis ◽  
Police Forces

Plague infected India in 1896 and spread across the empire due to the transportation and communication networks fostered by imperial trade and military aggression. As microbes travelled to new imperial outposts, so did British medical experts like William Simpson, who imported Indian technologies of disease control to South Africa. Inspections conducted at train stations identified disease carriers and detained them in segregation camps. In Bombay and other cities, urban cleansing campaigns by military and police forces systematically rounded up “suspects” and evacuated them to suburban camps. The “war against plague” depended on coercion and an unprecedented set of interventions into the health and welfare of colonial populations. It reflected tangible medical concerns but also operated according to the cultural proclivities of late-Victorian empire: discourses of race and class along with anxieties about security facilitated encampment as much as scientific analysis or the precepts of germ theory.

scholarly journals Culicoides biting midges at the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa : research communication

2007 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Labuschagne ◽  
L.J. Gerber ◽  
I. Espie ◽  
S. Carpenter
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Vector Competence ◽  
Far East ◽  
Wild Animals ◽  
Light Traps ◽  
Biting Midges ◽  
Research Communication ◽  
Culicoides Imicola ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Culicoides Biting Midges

Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are responsible for the transmission of a large number of pathogens to livestock and wild animals. In this study the presence of the genus, using light traps based at four different sites within the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, was investigated during 2002-2004. In total, 37 species were recorded, including large numbers of Culicoides imicola Kieffer, 1913, which is responsible for the transmission of economically important arboviruses in South Africa, Europe, Middle and Far East. These results are discussed with reference to the wider Culicoides fauna in the Onderstepoort area of South Africa, their vector competence as well as biosecurity at the National Zoological Gardens.

Sex-Specific Attraction of Moth Species to Ultraviolet Light Traps

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 427-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heath W. Garris ◽  
John A. Snyder
Keyword(s):  
Ultraviolet Light ◽  
Light Traps ◽  
Moth Species

scholarly journals Phlebotomines in an area endemic for American cutaneous leishmaniasis in northeastern coast of Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 280-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Patricia Oliveira da Silva ◽  
Débora Elienai de Oliveira Miranda ◽  
Marcos Antônio Bezerra Santos ◽  
Neurisvan Ramos Guerra ◽  
Silvia Rafaelli Marques ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Control ◽  
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis ◽  
Abundant Species ◽  
Risk Of Infection ◽  
Light Traps ◽  
Rainy Period ◽  
Worldwide Distribution ◽  
American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis ◽  
Leishmania Spp ◽  
Northeastern Coast

Abstract Phlebotomines have worldwide distribution with many species present in Brazil, including the northeastern region, where the fauna is very diverse. The aim of this study was to identify the sandfly fauna in an area endemic for American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) in the state of Pernambuco. Sandflies were caught on three consecutive nights every month from October 2015 to September 2016, from 5 pm to 5 am, using seven light traps of Centers for Disease Control (CDC) type. Females were identified and used for molecular Leishmania detection. A total of 2,174 specimens belonging to ten species were collected: Lutzomyia choti (88.2%; 1,917/2,174) was the most abundant species, followed by Lutzomyia whitmani (8.1%; 176/2,174) and Lutzomyia sordellii (1.5%; 33/2,174). The majority of the specimens were collected in peridomestic areas (64.1%; 1,394/2,174) and during the rainy period. All the samples examined were negative for Leishmania spp. The presence of Lutzomyia whitmani indoors and in peridomestic areas indicates that the inhabitants of this area are exposed to the risk of infection by the parasites responsible for ACL.

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