MosquitoesontheGO!

GLOBEObserverMosquitoHabitatMapper

RebeccaBoger1andRussanneLow21BrooklynCollege,CUNY

2InsHtuteforGlobalEnvironmentalStrategies.

GLOBE&GOMosquitoes

•  Mosquitobornediseases•  Mosquitoesthatcarrythesediseases– Lifecycle– Habitats

•  Connec

Somefactsandfigures

•  In2015malariacaused438,000deaths,mostofthemchildrenunder5yearsold

•  Morethan2.5billionpeopleinover100countriesareatriskofcontrac

Mosquitogenerathatcantransmitdiseasestopeople

•  Aedes–  Chikungunya–  Denguefever–  RiXValleyfever–  Yellowfever–  Zika

•  Anopheles–  Malaria

•  Culex–  Japaneseencephali

DengueFever

Dengue–mosquitotransmission

DengueandotherdiseasesarecarriedbyAedesaegyp*andAe.albopictusFeralversion:Thewildtypefeedsonbirdsandsmallmammalsandbreedsinrockholesandnaturaldepressions.DomesHcated:(thisiswhatwehaveintheU.S.)Wildlysuccessfulbreedersinandaroundwherehumanslive-becausewemakeandusecontainersthathavestandingwater!

AdultAedesaegyp*.ImagecourtesyofFloridaMedicalEntomologyLaboratory

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MosquitoesandtheZikaVirus

•  Humanadapted-wecreatehabitatstheylike!

•  Biteall

HowZikaspreads

Zikacanbetransmifed•  Throughmosquitobites•  Fromapregnantwomantoherfetus•  Throughsex•  Throughbloodtransfusion(verylikelybutnotconfirmed)

Symptoms

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Source:hfps://www.cdc.gov/zika/intheus/maps-zika-us.html

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Source:hfps://www.cdc.gov/westnile/transmission/

WNVTransmission•  WestNilevirusismostcommonlytransmifedtohumansby

mosquitoes.•  Addi

Mosquitoes-WNV

•  Over60specieshavebeenfoundtocarryWNV

•  Anopheles,Aedes,Culexandothergenera•  Culexconsideredtheprinciplevectors,especiallyCulexpipiens

Source:hfps://diseasemaps.usgs.gov/mapviewer/

hfps://www.cdc.gov/westnile/resources/pdfs/data/4-WNV-Week-Onset_for-PDF_1999-2015_07072016.pdf

Malaria

•  Ofabout400Anophelesspecies,30canbemalariavectors

•  MalariaiscausedbyPlasmodiumparasites.•  Thereare5parasitespeciesthatcausemalariainhumans,and2ofthesespecies–P.falciparumandP.vivax–posethegreatestthreat.–  P.falciparumisthemostprevalentmalariaparasiteontheAfricancon

Source:hfps://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/biology/mosquitoes/map.html

GlobalDistribuHon(RobinsonProjecHon)ofDominantorPotenHallyImportantMalariaVectors

LifeCycleTheegg, larvaeandpupaestagesofthemosquito lifecyclearedependentonwater.TheGOMosquitoAppfocusesoncollec

Mosquitoes,EnvironmentandWeather

Image:CDC. 22

Hurricanes?Unusuallyhighrainfall:createsnewbreedingsiteswherenoneexistedbefore.Unusuallylowrainfallcanchangehabitatscanconcentratewaterintosmallpoolswheretherewaspreviouslyflowingwater.•  Increaseinpropor

Can’tquiteseemosquitoesfromhere!

YouCan’tSeeMosquitoesfromSpace

“I don't see mosquitoes from satellites,unfortunately, but I see the environmentwheremosquitoes are,” says Felix Kogan ofthe NOAA Satellite and Informa

WhyCollectMosquitoData?

Globally, there is a major effort to use data fromsatellitestopredicttheonset,decline,andspreadofvector-bornediseases.Reliableground-baseddataarehelpful for the development of realis

PROJECT SLAM!

Theappexplainshowyoucancollectasampletoexaminethelarvae.