Table 1 Summary information about citizen scientists and the surveillance data collected
Any previous experience with public health surveillance | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Total | ||
Number | 3 | 10 | 13 | |
Sex | ||||
Male | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
Female | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
Age | ||||
≤ 20 years | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
21–40 years | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
41–60 years | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Unknown | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Education | ||||
Primary school | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Secondary school | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
Tertiary | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Unknown | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Proportion of days contributed data | ||||
Median (IQR) [%] | 87.5 (57.1–100) | 74.0 (28.6–100) | 78.3 (28.6–100) | 0.482 |
≤ 25% | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
26–50% | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
51–75% | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
76–100% | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
Accuracy of mosquito identification (i.e., agreement between citizen scientists and entomologist) Median (IQR) [%] | ||||
Ae.albopictus | 95.9 (69.0–100) | 50 (25.2–75.0) | 95.9 (66.0–100) | |
Ae.aegypti | 95.7 (89.3–100) | 75 (50.0–100) | 95.6 (83.3–100) | |
An.farauti | 100 (66.9–100) | 66.7 (66.7–66.7) | 100 (66.7–100) | |
All | 100 (82.1–100) | 93.8 (77.5–99.4) | 94.0 (78.0–100) | 0.762 |