| 来源类型 | Publication |
| Adapting and Evaluating a Rapid, Low-Cost Method to Enumerate Flies in the Household Setting | |
| Marlene K. Wolfe; Holly N. Dentz; Beryl Achando; MaryAnne Mureithi; Tim Wolfe; Clair Null; and Amy J. Pickering | |
| 发表日期 | 2017-02-01 |
| 出版者 | The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 96, issue 2 |
| 出版年 | 2017 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 概述 | Diarrhea is a leading cause of death among children under 5 years of age worldwide. Flies are important vectors of diarrheal pathogens in settings lacking networked sanitation services. ", |
| 摘要 | Diarrhea is a leading cause of death among children under 5 years of age worldwide. Flies are important vectors of diarrheal pathogens in settings lacking networked sanitation services. There is no standardized method for measuring fly density in households; many methods are cumbersome and unvalidated. We adapted a rapid, low-cost fly enumeration technique previously developed for industrial settings, the Scudder fly grill, for field use in household settings. We evaluated its performance in comparison to a sticky tape fly trapping method at latrine and food preparation areas among households in rural Kenya. The grill method was more sensitive; it detected the presence of any flies at 80% (433/543) of sampling locations versus 64% (348/543) of locations by the sticky tape. We found poor concordance between the two methods, suggesting that standardizing protocols is important for comparison of fly densities between studies. Fly species identification was feasible with both methods; however, the sticky tape trap allowed for more nuanced identification. Both methods detected a greater presence of bottle flies near latrines compared with food preparation areas (P < 0.01). The grill method detected more flies at the food preparation area compared with near the latrine (P = 0.014) while the sticky tape method detected no difference. We recommend the Scudder grill as a sensitive fly enumeration tool that is rapid and low cost to implement. |
| URL | https://www.mathematica.org/our-publications-and-findings/publications/adapting-and-evaluating-a-rapid-low-cost-method-to-enumerate-flies-in-the-household-setting |
| 来源智库 | Mathematica Policy Research (United States) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/488767 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Marlene K. Wolfe,Holly N. Dentz,Beryl Achando,et al. Adapting and Evaluating a Rapid, Low-Cost Method to Enumerate Flies in the Household Setting. 2017. |
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