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The trap primarily collects Aedes mosquitoes, a genus that carries dengue, Zika and chikungunya, Rocha said. The second type, a Gravid trap, attracts female Culex mosquitoes ready to lay eggs.

The malaria-carrying one is mostly the female anopheles mosquito found in humid and low altitude areas, but Nairobi is mostly cold and conducive to Culex mosquitoes, which don’t transmit malaria.