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La Biogents Mosquitaire è la versione per uso domestico della BG-Sentinel, una trappola per zanzare usata da ricercatori e professionisti in istituzioni sanitarie in tutto il mondo per catturare e monitorare le zanzare tigre. Essenzialmente, la Biogents Mosquitaire e la BG-Sentinel sono lo stesso tipo di trappola, con le stesse dimensione e lo stesso funzionamento. La differenza sta nel fatto che la BG-Sentinel non è fatta di plastica rigida ma di un materiale pieghevole e di facile trasporto. La versione scientifica di Sweetscent si chiama BG-Lure.

Risultato di 15 anni di ricerca universitaria, queste trappole si sono dimostrate le migliori in numerosi studi scientifici indipendenti.

V. sotto una lista continuamente aggiornata di rinvii ad articoli scientifici e presentazioni. C'è la possibilità di scaricarli come file PDF.

Zanzara tigre Aedes albopictus

Meeraus W.H., Armistead J.S. & Arias J.R. (2008) Field comparison of novel and gold standard traps for collecting Aedes albopictus in Northern Virginia. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 24(2): 244-248. (Complete article, 960 kb)
Feltner H. & Ferrao P. (2008) Evaluating Efficacy of the BG Lure Attractant Using Three Mosquito Trap Designs in the City of Alexandria, Virginia. (Presentation at 33rd Annual Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Mosquito Control Association.) (complete article, 3.8 mb)
Krueger A. & Hagen R.M. (2007) Short communication: First record of Aedes albopictus in Gabon, Central Africa. Tropical Medicine and International Health 12: 1105-1107. (Abstract with quotations, 29 kb)
Obenauer P.J. & Kaufman P.E. (2007) Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae) trap performance at different heights in north-central Florida suburban and sylvatic locales. (Abstract of the presentation at the 55th Anunual Meeting of the ESA.)
Foley K. (2007) The BG-Sentinel. (Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Virginia Mosquito Control Association.) 300 kb
Johnson J. (2007) Huntington flood response 2006. (Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Virginia Mosquito Control Association, 2.4 mb - This presentation's slide with the catching rates for Ae. albopictus, 43 kb)
Kawada H. et al (2007) Comparative laboratory study on the reaction of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus to different attractive cues in a mosquito trap. Journal of Medical Entomology 44: 427-432. (Complete article, 905 kb)
Ritchie S.A. et al. (2006) Discovery of a widespread infestation of Aedes albopictus in the Torres Strait, Australia. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 22: 358-365. (Abstract, 22kb)
Bitzhenner et al. (2005) Evaluation of the BG-Sentinel, a new monitoring trap for mosquitoes, in northern Italy. (Poster presented at the International Congress of Vector Ecology, October 2005, in Reno, Nevada, USA., 120 kb)
Engelbrecht et al. (2009) Continuous trapping of adult Asian tiger mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus) with BG-Sentinel traps reduced the human landing rate and density indices in an urban environment in Cesena, Italy. Oral presentation at the 5th European Mosquito Control Association Workshop, Turin, Italy, 12 March 2009. Session 10.5. (To view the video of the presentation, click here and then on "8. Christian_Engelbrecht" on the left of the screen that appears.)

Aedes aegypti

Maciel-de-Freitas et al. (2007) Body size-associated survival and dispersal rates of Aedes aegypti in Rio de Janeiro. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 21: 284-292. (Complete article, 235 kb)
Maciel-de-Freitas et al. (2007) Daily Survival rates and dispersal of Aedes aegypti females in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. American Journal of tropical Medicine and Hygiene 76(4): 659-665. (Complete article, 800 kb)
Krueger A. & Hagen R.M. (2007) Short communication: First record of Aedes albopictus in Gabon, Central Africa. Tropical Medicine and International Health 12: 1105-1107. (Besides Aedes albopictus, Aedes aegypti was also caught in large numbers. Abstract with quotations, 29 kb)
Kawada H. et al (2007) Comparative laboratory study on the reaction of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus to different attractive cues in a mosquito trap. Journal of Medical Entomology 44: 427-432. (Complete article, 905 kb)
Williams C.R. et al. (2007) Aedes aegypti population sampling using BG-Sentinel traps in north Queensland, Australia: statistical considerations for trap deployment and sampling strategy. Journal of Medical Entomology 44: 345-350. (Complete article, 160 kb)
Williams C.R. et al. (2006) Field efficacy of the BG-Sentinel compared with the CDC Backpack Aspirator and CO2-baited EVS trap for collection of adult Aedes aegypti in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 22: 296-300. (Complete article, 800 kb)
Kröckel U. et al. (2006) New tools for surveillance of adult yellow fever mosquitoes: Comparison of trap catches with human landing rates in an urban environment. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 22: 229-238. (Complete article, 1.65 mb)
Maciel-de-Freitas et al. (2006) Field evaluation of effectiveness of the BG-Sentinel, a new trap for capturing adult Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 101(3): 321-325. (Complete article, 630 kb)
Obermayr R. (2006) Are new trapping technologies useful for mosquito control interventions? Vector Ecology Newsletter 37 (3): 11-12. (Complete article, 495 kb)
Ritchie S.A. et al. (2005) An adult approach to Aedes aegypti surveillance - We need rapid, relevant sampling methods for Aedes aegypti. (Poster, 125 kb)

Aedes polynesiensis

Schmaedick M.A., Ball T.S., Burkot T.R & Gurr N.E. (2008) Evaluation of three traps for sampling Aedes polynesiensis and other mosquito species in American Samoa. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 24(2): 319-322. (Complete article, 600 kb)