Critical evaluation of quantitative sampling methods for Aedes aegypti (Diptera : Culicidae) immatures in water storage containers in Vietnam

In response to an identified paucity of information on the size and composition of immature Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) populations in large field containers, we assessed net sampling and pumping/sieving methods for estimating and enumerating third (III)/fourth (IV) instar and pupal populations. Sweep net detection thresholds (number above which >= 90% chance of a positive sample) wer