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Mosquito Traps

Mosquito Traps

Mosquito traps are good tools for surveillance and research

Olfactory, visual and thermal cues

Effectiveness of mosquito traps is limited, and depends on the attractants used

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Source reduction, or the removal of mosquito breeding and breeding habitats, is the key to bringing down the mosquito population and dengue cases

Mosquito traps have limits for disease control.
The right mosquito traps may control the mosquito population, when used with an effective combination of attractants.
However in the Singapore context, with abundant competing hosts and breeding habitats, mosquito traps may help to reduce the biting pressure, but may not protect people from disease.