About H-MIP

Research on human–mosquito interaction

H-MIP studies how people and mosquitoes meet. This public site presents the project’s questions and methods in a form that residents and local decision makers can explore.

Project

Understanding exposure in daily life

The Human–Mosquito Interaction Project investigates the circumstances in which people encounter mosquitoes. Its research connects human activity and movement with mosquito ecology, with a focus on the tiger mosquito in Catalonia.

H-MIP Explore is the public-facing companion to that research. Its map presents monthly model estimates for Catalonia. Further survey findings will appear when verified data is available.

Visit the H-MIP project website

Methods

Several methods, one interaction question

The project draws on complementary sources. Together they can describe both the mosquito side of an encounter and the human activity around it.

Interviews

Field interviews capture reported bite experiences and their context.

Citizen science

Public observations, including those made through Mosquito Alert, contribute evidence about mosquitoes.

Mobility

Movement and activity patterns help frame where encounters may happen.

Laboratory analysis

Blood-meal analysis can help identify mosquito feeding patterns.

Spatial modelling

Models bring different evidence together to examine geographic patterns.

Uncertainty

Research estimates need their limits and uncertainty explained alongside them.

Publications

Research outputs

Selected H-MIP publications are listed below, newest first. The list is updated from the project's publication data.

2026ArticleSustainable Futures

Dispositional regulatory focus in citizen science: Implications for engagement in environmental and public health monitoring

Dekramanjian B

DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2026.101656 Open full text

2026ArticleParasites & Vectors

Evidence of kinship, overwintering, and Wolbachia presence in Aedes albopictus in urban areas and points of entry in the Netherlands

Ibáñez-Justicia A, Lucati F, Lesiczka PM, Warbroek T, Ontiveros VJ, Caner J, Bueno-Marí R, Aranda C, Albieri A, van de Vossenberg B, et al.

DOI: 10.1186/s13071-026-07415-z Open full text

2026ArticleScientific Reports

Unravelling the activity rhythms of urban vector mosquitoes with smart-trap technology

González-Pérez MI, Cerecedo-Iglesias C, Richter-Boix A, Barahona L, Montalvo T, Palmer JRB, Bartumeus F

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-38795-y Open full text

2025ArticleRoyal Society Open Science

A systematic approach to classifying and evaluating heterogeneity measures

Ottow R

DOI: 10.1098/rsos.242047 Open full text

2025PreprintResearch Square

Mosquito bacterial communities show stage-specific patterns relevant for vector ecology and AMR surveillance

Otani S, Lucati F, Eberhardt R, Møller FD, Caner J, Bakran-Lebl K, Montarsi F, Westby KM, González MA, Soltész Z, et al.

DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7544775/v1

2024ArticleScientific Reports

Assessing and correcting neighborhood socioeconomic spatial sampling biases in citizen science mosquito data collection

Padilla-Pozo Á, Bartumeus F, Montalvo T, Sanpera-Calbet I, Valsecchi A, Palmer JRB

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-73416-6 Open full text

2023ArticleParasites & Vectors

A fast and inexpensive genotyping system for the simultaneous analysis of human and Aedes albopictus short tandem repeats

Albó Timor A, Lucati F, Bartumeus F, Caner J, Escartin S, Mariani S, Palmer JRB, Ventura M

DOI: 10.1186/s13071-023-05977-w Open full text

2023ArticleCitizen Science: Theory and Practice

Citizen Science as an Approach for Responding to the Threat of Anopheles stephensi in Africa

Carney RM, Long A, Low RD, Zohdy S, Palmer JRB, Elias P, Bartumeus F, Njoroge L, Muniafu M, Uelmen JA, et al.

DOI: 10.5334/cstp.616 Open full text

2023ArticleScientific Reports

Demographic and motivational differences between participants in analog and digital citizen science projects for monitoring mosquitoes

Dekramanjian B, Bartumeus F, Kampen H, Palmer JRB, Werner D, Pernat N

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-38656-y Open full text

2023ArticleInternational Journal of Health Geographics

Global mosquito observations dashboard (GMOD): creating a user-friendly web interface fueled by citizen science to monitor invasive and vector mosquitoes

Uelmen JA, Clark A, Palmer J, Kohler J, Van Dyke LC, Low R, Mapes CD, Carney RM

DOI: 10.1186/s12942-023-00350-7 Open full text

2022ArticleInsects

Integrating Global Citizen Science Platforms to Enable Next-Generation Surveillance of Invasive and Vector Mosquitoes

Carney R, Mapes C, Low R, Long A, Bowser A, Durieux D, Rivera K, Dekramanjian B, Bartumeus F, Guerrero D, et al.

DOI: 10.3390/insects13080675 Open full text

2022ArticleInfectious Disease Modelling

Modeling the impact of surveillance activities combined with physical distancing interventions on COVID-19 epidemics at a local level

Chen GJ, Palmer JRB, Bartumeus F, Alba-Casals A

DOI: 10.1016/j.idm.2022.11.001 Open full text

2022ArticleGigaByte

Mosquito alert: leveraging citizen science to create a GBIF mosquito occurrence dataset

Južnič-Zonta Ž, Sanpera-Calbet I, Eritja R, Palmer JRB, Escobar A, Garriga J, Oltra A, Richter-Boix A, Schaffner F, della Torre A, et al.

DOI: 10.46471/gigabyte.54 Open full text

2022ArticleScientific Reports

Multiple invasions, Wolbachia and human-aided transport drive the genetic variability of Aedes albopictus in the Iberian Peninsula

Lucati F, Delacour S, Palmer JRB, Caner J, Oltra A, Paredes-Esquivel C, Mariani S, Escartin S, Roiz D, Collantes F, et al.

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-24963-3 Open full text

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