World-wide over 3 billion people are at risk of contracting mosquito-borne infectious diseases, such as malaria, dengue, and Zika. Since many mosquito-borne infections lack vaccines or drugs, the most viable method to contain their spread is to prevent their transmission by mosquitoes.

Therefore, it is imperative to accurately and sensitively monitor the complex transmission dynamics involving mosquitoes and humans. Stanford researchers propose a solution using regular mobile phones worldwide, for crowdsourcing the acoustic surveillance of mosquitoes. Read more…