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    • A possible alternative method for collecting mosquito larvae in rice fields

    Metadata Updated: September 6, 2025

    Background Rice fields are efficient breeding places for malaria vectors in Madagascar. In order to establish as easily as possible if a rice field is an effective larval site for anophelines, we compared classical dipping versus a net as methods of collecting larvae.

          Results
      Using similar collecting procedures, we found that the total number of anopheline larvae collected with the net was exactly double (174/87) that collected by dipping. The number of anopheline species collected was also greater with a net.


      Conclusions
      The net is an effective means of collecting anopheline larvae and can be used for qualitative ecological studies and to rapidly determine which rice fields are containing malaria vectors.

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    Metadata Created Date July 24, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 6, 2025

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    Metadata Created Date July 24, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 6, 2025
    Publisher National Institutes of Health
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    NIH
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    Data First Published 2025-07-14
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-06
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