USING CITIZEN SCIENCE TO ENHANCE SURVEILLANCE OF AEDES AEGYPTI IN ARIZONA, 2015–17

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• Alternative Title:
  J Am Mosq Control Assoc
• Personal Author:
  TARTER, KARA D. ; LEVY, CRAIG E. ; YAGLOM, HAYLEY D. ; ADAMS, LAURA E. ; PLANTE, LYDIA ; CASAL, MARIANA G. ; GOUGE, DAWN H. ; RATHMAN, ROBIN ; STOKKA, DAWN ; WEISS, JOLI ; VENKAT, HEATHER ; WALKER, KATHLEEN R.
• Description:
  Vector surveillance is an essential component of vector-borne disease prevention, but many communities lack resources to support extensive surveillance. The Great Arizona Mosquito Hunt (GAMH) was a collaborative citizen science project conducted during 2015-17 to enhance surveillance for | in Arizona. Citizen science projects engage the public in scientific research in order to further scientific knowledge while improving community understanding of a specific field of science and the scientific process. Participating schools and youth organizations across the state conducted oviposition trapping for 1-4 wk during peak | season in Arizona and returned the egg sheets to collaborating entomologists for identification. During the 3-year program, 120 different schools and youth organizations participated. Few participants actually collected | eggs in their traps in 2015 or 2017, but about one-third of participants collected eggs during 2016, including 3 areas that were not previously reported to have |. While relatively few new areas of | activity were identified, GAMH was found to be a successful method of engaging citizen scientists. Future citizen science mosquito surveillance projects might be useful to further define the ecology and risk for vector-borne diseases in Arizona.
• Source:
  J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 35(1):11-18
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  35
• Issue:
  1
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  CDC Public Access
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