Data from: Using mobile phones as acoustic sensors for high-throughput mosquito surveillance

Abstract

The direct monitoring of mosquito populations in field settings is a crucial input for shaping appropriate and timely control measures for mosquito-borne diseases. Here, we demonstrate that commercially available mobile phones are a powerful tool for acoustically mapping mosquito species distributions worldwide. We show that even low-cost mobile phones with very basic functionality are capable of sensitively acquiring acoustic data on species-specific mosquito wingbeat sounds, while simultaneously recording the time and location of the human-mosquito encounter. We survey a wide range of medically important mosquito species, to quantitatively demonstrate how acoustic recordings supported by spatio-temporal metadata enable rapid, non-invasive species identification. As proof-of-concept, we carry out field demonstrations where minimally-trained users map local mosquitoes using their personal phones. Thus, we establish a new paradigm for mosquito surveillance that takes advantage of the existing global mobile network infrastructure, to enable continuous and large-scale data acquisition in resource-constrained areas.

Abstract

Aedes aegyptiWingbeat frequency data for Aedes aegypti from various mobile phonesAedes albopictusWingbeat frequency data for Aedes albopictus from various mobile phonesAedes mediovittatusWingbeat frequency data for Aedes mediovittatus from various mobile phonesAedes sierrensisWingbeat data for Aedes sierrensis mosquitoes from the field - both raw data with noises and cleaned data with manually isolated mosquito sounds includedAnopheles albimanusWingbeat frequency data for Anopheles albimanus from various mobile phonesAnopheles arabiensisWingbeat frequency data for Anopheles arabiensis from various mobile phonesAnopheles atroparvusWingbeat frequency data for Anopheles atroparvus from various mobile phonesAnopheles dirusWingbeat frequency data for Anopheles dirus from various mobile phonesAnopheles farautiWingbeat frequency data for Anopheles farauti from various mobile phonesAnopheles freeborniWingbeat frequency data for Anopheles freeborni from various mobile phonesAnopheles gambiaeWingbeat frequency data for Anopheles gambiae from various mobile phonesAnopheles merusWingbeat frequency data for Anopheles merus from various mobile phonesAnopheles minimusWingbeat frequency data for Anopheles minimus from various mobile phonesAnopheles quadriannulatusWingbeat frequency data for Anopheles quadriannulatus from various mobile phonesAnopheles quadrimaculatusWingbeat frequency data for Anopheles quadrimaculatus from various mobile phonesAnopheles stephensiWingbeat frequency data for Anopheles stephensi from various mobile phonesCulex pipiensWingbeat frequency data for Culex pipiens from various mobile phonesCulex quinquefasciatusWingbeat frequency data for Culex quinquefasciatus from various mobile phonesCulex tarsalisWingbeat frequency data for Culex tarsalis from various mobile phonesCuliseta incidensWingbeat frequency data for Culiseta incidens from various mobile phones