João Vitor Castro Aguiar's research while affiliated with Universidade Federal do Maranhão and other places

... However, the artificial incandescent source has been replaced by light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in recent years. LEDs are devices which have been shown to attract and collect sand fly (Bishop et al., 2004;da Silva et al., 2019;Hoel et al., 2007;Lima-Neto et al., 2018;Silva et al., 2016Silva et al., , 2015, being as efficient as incandescent light, in addition to consuming less energy, and are more affordable in the market (Cohnstaedt et al., 2008). Studies evaluating LEDs for capturing sand fly in Brazil are restricted to the Northeast region, while there are no studies using LEDs as an alternative method for collecting sand fly in the Northern region, even considering that the region has a high diversity of species, as well as a vector of Leishmania species Resadore et al., 2017;Teles et al., 2016). ...

... The Sentinel Mosquito Arbovirus Capture Kit (SMACK), using a CO 2 attractant, identified Ross River virus and Barmah Forest virus in samples collected from North Queensland, Australia, and collected hundreds of mosquitoes (Johnson et al. 2015). A more recent design of a host-seeking passive trap is the Silva trap (Silva et al. 2019). This trap features an ultraviolet light source with a collection chamber; however, no suction fan, which, when tested, performed as well as a CDC-LT (Silva et al. 2019). ...

... Differences in vector density, species composition and sporozoite infection rates have been observed with CDC light traps in different settings, showing distinct geographical patterns but largely with a positive correlation in Anopheles vector density to indoor HLCs [10,18,23]. Differences in Anopheles vector density, species composition and sporozoite infection rates were observed in response to changes in CDC light source, trap position, collection time and presence or absence of a human bait [18,25,50,51]. Limitations notwithstanding, CDC light traps collected similar vector densities to indoor HLCs for highly anthropophilic vectors; An. gambiae s.s. and An. ...

... However, the artificial incandescent source has been replaced by light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in recent years. LEDs are devices which have been shown to attract and collect sand fly (Bishop et al., 2004;da Silva et al., 2019;Hoel et al., 2007;Lima-Neto et al., 2018;Silva et al., 2016Silva et al., , 2015, being as efficient as incandescent light, in addition to consuming less energy, and are more affordable in the market (Cohnstaedt et al., 2008). Studies evaluating LEDs for capturing sand fly in Brazil are restricted to the Northeast region, while there are no studies using LEDs as an alternative method for collecting sand fly in the Northern region, even considering that the region has a high diversity of species, as well as a vector of Leishmania species Resadore et al., 2017;Teles et al., 2016). ...