Citizen Science Applications for Mosquito-Borne Disease Surveillance and Control

A systematic review of 61 peer-reviewed studies published between 2000 and 2025 on citizen science for mosquito-borne disease surveillance. The dataset synthesizes evidence on study characteristics, participation, technologies, and public health outputs. It was authored by Nima Kianfar and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze geographic and temporal trends in citizen science applications based on the included study locations and publication years.
• Compare the effectiveness of different digital platforms like Mosquito Alert and iNaturalist based on their reported usage frequency.
• Identify gaps in ethical reporting and methodological rigor across studies based on the synthesized review findings.
• Assess the representation of different mosquito-borne diseases in citizen science research based on the reported disease frequencies.

Strengths

• Synthesizes data from 61 peer-reviewed studies, providing a structured evidence base.
• Includes a defined temporal scope from January 1, 2000, to October 17, 2025.
• Reports specific geographic distributions, with 44.3% of studies from Europe and 21.3% from the Americas.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the review, with minimal representation from Asia (3.3%).

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Systematic search of PubMed, MEDLINE, CINAHL, Scopus, and Web of Science.

Time Range

2000-01-01 to 2025-10-17

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 17:27:44; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global, with studies primarily from Europe and the Americas.