1. SOUTHEAST LABORATORIES, INC.
A LETHAL MOSQUITO
BREEDING TRAP
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2. The Problem: Mosquito-borne disease
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3. Malaria: 3 billion+ at risk
300,000,000-500,000,000 infections/year
1,000,000-3,000,000 deaths/year
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4. Areas endemic to malaria
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5. Filariasis: >1 billion at risk
100,000-300,000 infected
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6. Areas infected with lymphatic
filariasis
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7. Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever:
Worldwide in tropical and subtropical areas
Common throughout Caribbean-threat to USA
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8. Other Mosquito-borne viruses: a widely distributed
threat
WN to USA
1999
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9. Area of deadly mosquito vectored
diseases
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10. Control of many mosquito-borne diseases still depends
largely on a 2,000-year-old technology: Bed Nets!
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11. Our response: A Lethal Trap
Turns the Mosquitoes Biology Against Itself
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12. Surface with raised edge
collects rainwater to
refill trap
Entry holes covered to
prevent UV degradation
of larvicide
Interior can be sticky
or treated with contact
insecticide to kill resting
adults after oviposition
(no environmental release)
“Pan” area to hold
water and larvicide
Overflow ports
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13. Trap is secured to the
ground using inexpensive
golf tees.
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18. Mosquitoes are attracted to the trap by species-
specific pheromones
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19. Pheromone plus Skatole dramatically
improves trap catches:
14-fold compared to water control
5-fold compared to skatole or pheromone alone
80
60
Egg Rafts/Day
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20
0
Control Skatole Pheromone Pheromone
0 1 2 3 4 5
10-4 μg/l + Skatole
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20. Marketing unpackaged, no
Wholesale – Shipments in bulk, unassembled,
package advertising.
– Third World Countries, WHO, Unicef, etc.
– Pest Control Companies
– National, State, and Local governments
– Armed Services
Retail – Individually packaged. fully assembled, point-of-sale
advertising, media advertising.
– Home Depot, Lowes, Wal Mart, and similar
channels overseas.
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21. Manufacturing
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22. COMPETITOR PRODUCTS
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