This dataset is derived from the NSW Arbovirus Surveillance and Mosquito Monitoring program. The program monitors mosquito-borne diseases in the state of New South Wales, Australia. A number of mosquito traps are managed by the program during the spring to autumn months when mosquitoes are active.
Format
Data frame with the following fields:
- location
Location of the mosquito trap
- week_ending
Date of the end of the week of observation
- species
Mosquito species counted, or "total" for the total count
- count
Binned mosquito abundance
- type
Category of the site
- lat
Latitude of trap in WGS 84 coordinates
- long
Longitude of trap in WGS 84 coordinates
Source
Surveillance and Risk Unit, Environmental Health Branch, Health Protection NSW, NSW Health. "NSW Arbovirus Surveillance and Mosquito Monitoring 2022-2023; Weekly Update: Week ending 25 February 2023 (Report Number 19)" https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/environment/pests/vector/Publications/nswasp-weekly-report-2023-02-25.pdf, accessed 15 January 2024.
The original dataset is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence © State of New South Wales NSW Ministry of Health 2023.
Details
Each week traps are collected and the mosquito species are identified and counted. This is analysed alongside climate conditions, and arbovirus detections in the traps to inform public health management of human disease risk from arboviruses in NSW. This dataset includes the mosquito abundance tables for January 2023. Additional context and analysis can be found in the original report published by NSW Health.
The trap locations are classified as inland or coastal (since the species found will depend on the environmental conditions). A separate group of sites are labelled as being in the Sydney region (i.e. with the highest human population density).
The counts are binned with the following definition:
NANo observation
- low
< 50
- medium
50 - 100
- high
101 - 1,000
- very high
1,001 - 10,000
- extreme
> 10,000