Anopheline mosquito saliva contains bacteria that are transferred to a mammalian host through blood feeding.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Malaria transmission occurs when Plasmodium sporozoites are transferred from the salivary glands of anopheline mosquitoes to a human host through the injection of saliva. The need for better understanding, as well as novel modes of inhibiting, this key event in transmission has driven intense study of the protein and miRNA content of saliva. Until now the possibility that mosquito saliva may also contain bacteria has remained an open question despite the well documented presence of a rich microbiome in salivary glands.

Methods

Using both 16S rRNA sequencing and MALDI-TOF approaches, we characterized the composition of the saliva microbiome of An. gambiae and An. stephensi mosquitoes which respectively represent two of the most important vect

SUBMITTER: Accoti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10392944 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature