Indian-origin researchers at Stanford University in the US are working towards creating a global map of mosquito distribution with the help of cellphone recordings of mosquito hum shared by citizen scientists from across the world
With enough contributions ,the map could tell exactly when and where the most dangerous species of mosquitoes are most likely to be present and efficient control efforts ,helping fight mosquito -borne diseases such as dengue and malaria . mosquito species can be differentiated by the frequency of their wingbeats, which is what produce their characteristic whine .
With enough contributions ,the map could tell exactly when and where the most dangerous species of mosquitoes are most likely to be present and efficient control efforts ,helping fight mosquito -borne diseases such as dengue and malaria . mosquito species can be differentiated by the frequency of their wingbeats, which is what produce their characteristic whine .
The Prakash Lab at Stanford wants citizen scientists to contribute to Abuzz, a mosquito monitoring platform the lab developed to produce the map of mosquito distribution .
contribution to this research is as simple as holding a cellphone microphone near a mosquito ,recording .
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