A review of knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding mosquitoes and mosquito-borne infectious diseases in nonendemic regions

P Duval, C Aschan-Leygonie… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Mosquito-borne infectious diseases (MBIDs) present significant public health risks within
tropical and subtropical regions. However, the rapid spread of MBIDs from these areas to …

Crowdsourcing Geospatial Data for Earth and Human Observations: A Review

X Huang, S Wang, D Yang, T Hu, M Chen… - Journal of Remote …, 2024 - spj.science.org
The transformation from authoritative to user-generated data landscapes has garnered
considerable attention, notably with the proliferation of crowdsourced geospatial data …

Citizen Science as an Approach for Responding to the Threat of Anopheles stephensi in Africa

RM Carney, A Long, RD LOW, S Zohdy… - … science: theory and …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Even as novel technologies emerge and medicines advance, pathogen-transmitting
mosquitoes pose a deadly and accelerating public health threat. Detecting and mitigating …

Exploring how citizen science projects measuring beach plastic debris can support UN Sustainable Development Goals

J Gacutan, JL Oliver, H Tait… - Citizen …, 2023 - account.theoryandpractice …
Plastic debris within marine environments is an issue of global concern, leading to
commitments at international, regional, and national scales to remove plastics from the …

[HTML][HTML] AIMSurv: First pan-European harmonized surveillance of Aedes invasive mosquito species of relevance for human vector-borne diseases

MÁ Miranda, C Barceló, D Arnoldi, X Augsten… - Gigabyte, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Human and animal vector-borne diseases, particularly mosquito-borne diseases, are
emerging or re-emerging worldwide. Six Aedes invasive mosquito (AIM) species were …

A citizen science report—Tiger mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus) in allotment gardens in Graz, Styria, Austria

J Reichl, C Prossegger, B Eichholzer, P Plauder… - Parasitology …, 2024 - Springer
Aedes albopictus, the Asian tiger mosquito, is an invasive species not native to Europe. Due
to its ability to transmit pathogens, such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika viruses, Ae …

[HTML][HTML] Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) field trial targeting the suppression of Aedes albopictus in Greece

G Balatsos, V Karras, A Puggioli, F Balestrino, R Bellini… - Parasite, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The sterile insect technique (SIT) involves releasing large numbers of sterile males to
outcompete wild males in mating with females, leading to a decline in pest populations. In …

Machine learning in healthcare citizen science: A scoping review

R Baminiwatte, B Torsu, D Scherbakov… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives This scoping review aims to clarify the definition and trajectory of citizen-led
scientific research (so-called citizen science) within the healthcare domain, examine the …

Assessing and correcting neighborhood socioeconomic spatial sampling biases in citizen science mosquito data collection

Á Padilla-Pozo, F Bartumeus, T Montalvo… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Climatic, ecological, and socioeconomic factors are facilitating the spread of mosquito-borne
diseases, heightening the importance of vector surveillance and control. Citizen science is …

Biases and distribution patterns in hard‐bodied microscopic animals (Acari: Halacaridae): Size does not matter, but generalism and sampling effort do

I Rubio‐López, F Pardos, D Fontaneto… - Diversity and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The interplay between distribution ranges, species traits and sampling and taxonomic
biases remains elusive amongst microscopic animals. This ignorance obscures our …