Barcelona has the world’s first tiger mosquito prediction map

It is a digital map, unique in the world and developed as part of the #MosquitoAlertBCN project, which reports in real time and on a 20-meter scale the likelihood of a mosquito and a person meeting or interacting that day. The #MosquitoAlertBCN project team has developed the first daily map that predicts the risk of finding a tiger mosquito in Barcelona. It is a digital map, unique in the world, that reports in real time and on a 20-meter scale about the likelihood of a mosquito and a person meeting or interacting that day. The tool also allows to predict the risk within seven days. The creation of this map is part of the Mosquito Alert project , a research project led by CREAF with the participation of the UPF , the company IRIDEON and the Barcelona Public Health Agency (ASPB), and with the support of Barcelona City Council and "la Caixa" in the Barcelona Science Plan 2019. The aim of the study is to incorporate this predictive model in the management of mosquitoes in the city carried out by the ASPB and contribute to the improvement of control of these insects. The risk of encounter between mosquitoes and humans is calculated with a mathematical model that feeds on tiger mosquito data obtained from different sources in real time.