What incentives encourage local communities to collect and upload mosquito sound data by using smartphones? A mixed methods study in Tanzania

• Main Authors: Rinita Dam (Author), Winifrida Mponzi (Author), Dickson Msaky (Author), Tumpe Mwandyala (Author), Emmanuel W. Kaindoa (Author), Marianne E. Sinka (Author), Ivan Kiskin (Author), Eva Herreros-Moya (Author), Janey Messina (Author), Syed Ghulam Sarwar Shah (Author), Stephen Roberts (Author), Kathy J. Willis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background To detect and identify mosquitoes using their characteristic high-pitched sound, we have developed a smartphone application, known as the 'HumBug sensor', that records the acoustic signature of this sound, along with the time and location. This data is then sent remotel...