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Mosquito Traps
Source Reduction is Key
Environmental Health Institute
WHO CC for Reference and Research of Arbovirus and their Associated Vectors
Surveillance and Epidemiology Programme
Vector-Borne Diseases Research Programme
Wolbachia-Aedes Mosquito Suppression Strategy
How Does Wolbachia-Aedes Suppression Technology Work?
Egg Microinjection
Cytoplasmic Incompatibility
Maternal Transmission of Wolbachia
Mating Competitiveness
Why Wolbachia-Aedes suppression technology?
Wolbachia is Safe and Natural
Male Mosquitoes Do Not Bite or Transmit Disease
Project Wolbachia Only Targets Aedes aegypti
Laying the Foundation for Project Wolbachia
Automation and Partnerships to Scale Capacity
Phase 1 Small-Scale Field Study
Phase 2 Field Study
Phase 3 Field Study
Phase 4 Field Study
Phase 5 Field Study
Field Study to Test Targeted Release Strategy
Multi-site Field Study
Wolbachia-Aedes Release Schedule
Wolbachia Video Series
Frequently Asked Questions
Mosquito Traps
Mosquito Traps for Surveillance and Research
Effectiveness of Mosquito Traps
Source Reduction is Key
EHI Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
EHI Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications (Year 2022-2023)
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Environmental Health Institute
WHO CC for Reference and Research of Arbovirus and their Associated Vectors
Surveillance and Epidemiology Programme
Vector-Borne Diseases Research Programme
Wolbachia-Aedes Mosquito Suppression Strategy
How Does Wolbachia-Aedes Suppression Technology Work?
Egg Microinjection
Cytoplasmic Incompatibility
Maternal Transmission of Wolbachia
Mating Competitiveness
Why Wolbachia-Aedes suppression technology?
Wolbachia is Safe and Natural
Male Mosquitoes Do Not Bite or Transmit Disease
Project Wolbachia Only Targets Aedes aegypti
Laying the Foundation for Project Wolbachia
Automation and Partnerships to Scale Capacity
Phase 1 Small-Scale Field Study
Phase 2 Field Study
Phase 3 Field Study
Phase 4 Field Study
Phase 5 Field Study
Field Study to Test Targeted Release Strategy
Multi-site Field Study
Wolbachia-Aedes Release Schedule
Wolbachia Video Series
Frequently Asked Questions
Mosquito Traps
Mosquito Traps for Surveillance and Research
Effectiveness of Mosquito Traps
Source Reduction is Key
EHI Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
EHI Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications (Year 2022-2023)
Source Reduction is Key
Source reduction, or the removal of mosquito breeding and breeding habitats, is the key to bringing down the mosquito population and dengue cases
When used widely, the right mosquito traps may help to reduce the biting pressure, but would not be able to control the mosquito population or reduce the spread of disease in Singapore. This is because:
Humans are much more attractive than mosquito traps
, and emit all attractants in the right combination and proportions. Due to the high population density in Singapore, there are ample hosts for mosquitoes to blood feed upon, thus host-seeking mosquito traps would need to be extremely attractive to compete.
Breeding habitats found in the environment are both abundant and attractive.
Due to the warm tropical climate in Singapore, providing a very naturally conducive mosquito breeding environment, oviposition traps would need to be highly attractive as well as deployed in large enough numbers to compete.
Thus with such competition from hosts and the natural environment in Singapore, mosquito traps would only be able to capture a small proportion of the mosquito population.
The best way to control the mosquito population and bring down disease cases is source reduction, or the removal of mosquito breeding and breeding habitats.