Mosquito excreta: A sample type with many potential applications for the investigation of Ross River virus and West Nile virus ecology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emerging and re-emerging arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) cause human and animal disease globally. Field and laboratory investigation of mosquito-borne arboviruses requires analysis of mosquito samples, either individually, in pools, or a body component, or secretion such as saliva. We assessed the applicability of mosquito excreta as a sample type that could be utilized during studies of Ross River and West Nile viruses, which could be applied to the study of other arboviruses.

Methodology/principal findings

Mosquitoes were fed separate blood meals spiked with Ross River virus and West Nile virus. Excreta was collected daily by swabbing the bottom of containers containing batches and individual mosquitoes at different time points. The samples were analyzed b

SUBMITTER: Ramirez AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6136815 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature