Citizen science and smartphone e-entomology enables low-cost upscaling of mosquito surveillance

Sousa, Larissa Braz; Fricker, Stephen; Doherty, Seamus; Webb, Cameron E.; Baldock, Katherine L.; Williams, Craig R.

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135349

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“…Therefore, we recommend prior proof‐of‐concept studies to test a project's design, workflow and acceptance, as carried out by Braz Sousa et al. (2020), also to create a solid basis for grant applications.…”

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“…Moreover, attitudes towards science might not be positive enough, the health concern or the interest in the living environment not strong enough to justify sufficient time investment. Therefore, we recommend prior proof-of-concept studies to test a project's design, workflow and acceptance, as carried out by Braz Sousa et al (2020), also to create a solid basis for grant applications.…”

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Citizen science versus professional data collection: Comparison of approaches to mosquito monitoring in Germany

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Journal of Applied Ecology

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The invasion of non-endemic regions by mosquito vector species is driven by globalization and, in part, climate change and holds serious implications for human health. For instance, the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus, a species originating from tropical and subtropical regions in Southeast-Asia and the Pacific and an efficient vector of numerous pathogens (Gratz, 2004; Paupy et al., 2009), has been

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Citizen science versus professional data collection: Comparison of approaches to mosquito monitoring in Germany

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Journal of Applied Ecology

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“…The resulting requirements in data quality necessitate a structured systematic monitoring of snails over time in a diversity of habitat types. As such, our study differs from existing vector monitoring approaches, which are either opportunistic in nature (e.g., the incidental reporting of ticks in Nieto et al 2018) or require less elaborate sampling procedures (compared with, for example, passive mosquito trapping in Braz Sousa et al 2020).…”

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The Potential of Citizen-Driven Monitoring of Freshwater Snails in Schistosomiasis Research

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Schistosomiasis is a tropical parasitic disease affecting more than 200 million people worldwide, predominantly in Africa. The World Health Organization recently highlighted the importance of targeted control of the freshwater snails acting as intermediate hosts for the parasites causing schistosomiasis. However, because of a shortage of trained experts and resources, detailed information on spatiotemporal snail distributions, which is needed for targeted control measures, is often missing. We explore the potential of citizen science to build these much-needed datasets through fine-grained, frequent snail sampling. We trained a network of 25 citizen scientists to weekly report on snail host abundances in 77 predefined water contact sites in and around Lake Albert (western Uganda). Snail abundance, together with marked GPS locations, water chemistry parameters, and photographs of the identified snails are recorded and submitted using the freely available mobile phone application KoBoToolbox. Trained researchers then engage in remote, semi-automatic validation of the submissions, after which there is an opportunity to provide targeted feedback to the citizen scientists. Five months after the operationalisation of the network, a total of 570 reports were submitted and personalized feedback was given, resulting in lasting improvements in subsequent reporting and snail genus identification. The preliminary results show the possibility of citizen science to independently obtain reliable data on the presence of schistosome snail hosts. We therefore argue that citizen-driven monitoring on a high spatiotemporal resolution could help to generate the much-needed data to support local targeted snail control measures in remote and/or resource-limited environments.

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“…As owners carry these devices around constantly, they are also ready to access mobile apps in app stores, without the need for special preparations and equipment. Apps for data retrieval and citizen sciences increased dramatically in recent years [20]. Most smartphones have built-in GPS receivers, cameras, and microphones [21].…”

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GeoFairy2: A Cross-Institution Mobile Gateway to Location-Linked Data for In-Situ Decision Making

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Cvetojevic

et al. 2020

IJGI

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To effectively disseminate location-linked information despite the existence of digital walls across institutions, this study developed a cross-institution mobile App, named GeoFairy2, to overcome the virtual gaps among multi-source datasets and aid the general users to make thorough accurate in-situ decisions. The app provides a one-stop service with relevant information to assist with instant decision making. It was tested and proven to be capable of on-demand coupling and delivering location-based information from multiple sources. The app can help general users to crack down the digital walls among information pools and serve as a one-stop retrieval place for all information. GeoFairy2 was experimented with to gather real-time and historical information about crops, soil, water, and climate. Instead of a one-way data portal, GeoFairy2 allows general users to submit photos and observations to support citizen science projects and derive new insights, and further refine the future service. The two-directional mechanism makes GeoFairy2 a useful mobile gateway to access and contribute to the rapidly growing, heterogeneous, multisource, and location-linked datasets, and pave a way to drive us into a new mobile web with more links and less digital walls across data providers and institutions.

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Citizen science and smartphone e-entomology enables low-cost upscaling of mosquito surveillance

Cited by 60 publications

References 20 publications

Citizen science versus professional data collection: Comparison of approaches to mosquito monitoring in Germany

Citizen science versus professional data collection: Comparison of approaches to mosquito monitoring in Germany

The Potential of Citizen-Driven Monitoring of Freshwater Snails in Schistosomiasis Research

GeoFairy2: A Cross-Institution Mobile Gateway to Location-Linked Data for In-Situ Decision Making

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