Monitoring Insects for Spread Disease

As an example in an experiment in Tanzania our insect sensor device counted over 700.000 insects in five days and observed peak activities of over 1000 insects per minute. We are developing methods to be as species specific as possible and have worked with mosquitos of the Anopheles genus from which some species transmit malaria and Aedes aegypti – a mosquito that spreads dengue, zika, chikungunya and yellow fever. We are looking to enter projects that investigate how these insects behave and how population sizes change over time. We believe improved monitoring is necessary to better determine, which areas of the world need to be treated and re-treated with new intervention programs.