{"id":9471,"date":"2021-10-05T07:17:10","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T05:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceab.csic.es\/barcelona-has-the-worlds-first-tiger-mosquito-prediction-map\/"},"modified":"2021-10-05T07:17:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T05:17:10","slug":"barcelona-has-the-worlds-first-tiger-mosquito-prediction-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ceab.csic.es\/en\/barcelona-has-the-worlds-first-tiger-mosquito-prediction-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona has the world\u2019s first tiger mosquito prediction map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large XcVN5d tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Traducci\u00f3n\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">The <strong>#MosquitoAlertBCN<\/strong> project team has developed <a href=\"https:\/\/mosquito-alert.github.io\/MosquitoAlertBCN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the first daily risk map<\/a> of finding a tiger mosquito in Barcelona. It is a digital map, unique in the world, that reports in real time and on a 20-meter scale about the likelihood of a mosquito and a person meeting or interacting that day. The tool also allows you to predict this risk within seven days. The creation of this map is part of #MosquitoAlertBCN, a research project led by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creaf.cat\/es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CREAF<\/a> with the participation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upf.edu\/es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UPF<\/a> the company <a href=\"http:\/\/irideon.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IRIDEON<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspb.cat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barcelona Public Health Agency<\/a> (ASPB), and with the support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcelona.cat\/ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barcelona City Council<\/a> and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionlacaixa.org\/es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">la Caixa<\/a>&#8221; in the Barcelona Science Plan 2019. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large XcVN5d tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Traducci\u00f3n\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">The aim of the study is to incorporate this predictive model into the management of mosquitoes in the city carried out by the ASPB and to contribute to the improvement of the control of these insects in the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Com es pot predir el risc de trobar-se un mosquit tigre?\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-ULuHoRuF2M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The risk of encounter between mosquitoes and humans is\u00a0calculated with a mathematical model\u00a0that feeds on tiger mosquito data obtained from different sources in real time. On the one hand, the information obtained through\u00a0citizen science\u00a0from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mosquitoalert.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mosquito Alert\u00a0<\/a>, which has allowed anonymous people report mosquito observations on the\u00a0<a title=\"Mosquito Alert app\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mosquitoalert.com\/en\/project\/envia-datos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mosquito Alert app<\/a>, and data obtained from the network of smart and traditional traps traps distributed by the city of Barecelona managed by the ASPB. In addition, the model then refines the risk by incorporating other factors that favour a mosquito and a person: information of\u00a0Barcelona\u2019s urban landscape,\u00a0population density\u00a0and purchasing power,\u00a0climate data\u00a0such as temperature, relative humidity and wind, which condition the activity of mosquitoes.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The map indicates the risk of interaction between people and tiger mosquitoes and therefore also takes into account sociodemographic data. It may be the case, for example, that there may be many mosquitoes in one place, but if the population density is very low, the risk of encounters will be low, as happens in the Vallvidrera area or in the industrial area of the port of Barcelona. On the other hand, the map reveals that in areas with higher population densities, the same number of mosquitoes poses a higher risk of encounters&#8221; explains <strong>John Palmer<\/strong>,\u00a0Pompeu Fabra University researcher and co-director of Mosquito Alert.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For now, the map in the testing phase as a tiger mosquito management tool by the ASPB.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe incorporation of risk maps and short-term predictive models must allow for targeted management, prioritizing prevention, and improving the vector surveillance and control program that we carry out from the Barcelona Public Health Agency (ASPB)\u201c, according to<strong>\u00a0Tom\u00e0s Montalvo\u00a0<\/strong>, in charge of the Mosquito Surveillance and Control Program in Barcelona.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On the other hand,\u00a0the project team is working to implement the model in a larger geographical area that reaches, in a first phase to cover all of Catalonia, and later in Spain. The idea is to export this system to other cities around the world and turn the map into a useful tool in tiger mosquito management.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;New technologies and citizen participation have made it possible to develop this system for real-time prediction of the risk of the world\u2019s only tiger mosquito. This makes it a practical tool to anticipate and act much more dynamically and effectively in hot spots of mosquito activity&#8221;, explains<strong> Frederic Bartumeus<\/strong>,\u00a0ICREA researcher at CEAB-CSIC and CREAF and co-director of Mosquito Alert.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-52391 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceab.csic.es\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Characterization-of-field-populations-6.png\" alt=\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>SMART MOSQUITO TRAPS<\/h3>\n<p>In addition to citizen science data, risk prediction maps are nurtured by the information obtained with the smart traps\u00a0of the company IRIDEON, these are traditional professional traps, connected via the Internet and equipped with a sensor, which, by means of\u00a0artificial intelligence, identifies the species it has captured, its sex, and its age.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cTrap data is sent to the ASPB and Mosquito Alert at 15-minute intervals, almost in real time,\u201d according to<strong>\u00a0Joao Encarnacao\u00a0<\/strong>of IRIDEON.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On the other hand, they also use data from traditional traps, which provide weekly data and require a technician to review and analyze in the lab the mosquitoes caught in the trap.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-52424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceab.csic.es\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Characterization-of-field-populations-15.png\" alt=\" width=\"835\" height=\"470\" \/>Currently,\u00a0in the city of Barcelona there is a network of 22 traditional traps in public spaces managed by the ASPB\u00a0and a small network of traps managed by a group of volunteers at home. Citizen science, the network of smart traps and the network of traditional traps enrich the models daily to estimate the risk of tiger mosquitoes in the city of Barcelona.<\/p>\n<h3><b>The risk index<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>The risk index goes from 0 to 1, where 1 is the highest value.\u00a0The estimated risk in the last four years shows that the city of Barcelona as a whole has a low risk that often does not exceed values of 0.15, although in some districts or areas values of 0.2 can be reached at specific times of year, and vary greatly from year to year. This year, due to the weather conditions and the few rains that have occurred throughout the spring and early summer, the values have remained low throughout the city.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52382\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52382\" style=\"width: 581px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-52383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceab.csic.es\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/28-1.png\" alt=\" width=\"581\" height=\"485\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Risk map by neighborhoods in the city of Barcelona<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The #MosquitoAlertBCN project team has developed the first daily risk map of finding a tiger mosquito in Barcelona. It is a digital map, unique in the world, that reports in real time and on a 20-meter scale about the likelihood of a mosquito and a person meeting or interacting that day. 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