@article {Rund096875, author = {Samuel S.C. Rund and Micaela Elvira Martinez}, title = {Creating a National Vector Surveillance System: Integrated mosquito trap data and digital epidemiology}, elocation-id = {096875}, year = {2016}, doi = {10.1101/096875}, publisher = {Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory}, abstract = {Fluctuating population dynamics and shifting ranges, behavior, and phenology make monitoring of mosquito populations essential in controlling emerging pathogens. Despite ~1000 US mosquito control agencies, there is no centralized collation of their data. We provide a roadmap for the creation of a National Vector Surveillance System, for mosquito control agencies to routinely report standardized data. We characterized the extent of current monitoring, and collated mosquito abundance between 2009-2016. Despite a minority of agencies publically reporting data, our data set consists of records on \>12 million mosquitoes. We demonstrate the utility of a National Vector Surveillance System by providing novel insight into nationwide mosquito ecology and show that Digital Epidemiology could provide indirect mosquito monitoring, with Google queries for {\textquotedblleft}mosquito{\textquotedblright} covarying with mosquito abundance. We demonstrate a National Vector Surveillance System would provide a cost effective means to combat vector borne disease emergence and can be integrated with wide-scale Digital Epidemiology.Major Subject AreasEcologyEpidemiology and Global Health}, URL = {https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/12/27/096875}, eprint = {https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/12/27/096875.full.pdf}, journal = {bioRxiv} }