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5 April 2022 A next-generation (DNA) sequencing (NGS)–based method for identifying the sources of sugar meals in mosquito vectors of West Nile virus in Israel
Ibrahim Abbasi, Fouad Akad, Liora Studentsky, Irina Ben Avi, Laor Orshan, Alon Warburg
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Abstract

Mosquitoes of the genus Culex comprise important vectors of pathogenic arboviruses in our region, including West Nile and Rift Valley Fever viruses. To improve our understanding of the epidemiology and transmission dynamics of arboviruses, we need to study the behavior and ecology of their vectors. The feeding patterns of the vector mosquitoes can be very useful in determining how and where to focus control efforts. For example, determining the preferred blood hosts of the females can assist in the implementation of potentially efficacious strategies for focused control of mosquito females. Determining the plants from which both sexes derive their sugar meals can comprise the initial step towards the formulation of efficient lures for trapping mosquitoes. In the past, plant meal identification was based mainly on chemical detection of fructose and microscopical observations of cellulose particles in mosquito guts. More recent studies have utilized DNA barcoding capable of identifying plant food sources. In the current study, we identify multiple plant species from which large numbers of mosquitoes obtained their sugar meals in one experimental procedure. We employed next generation DNA sequencing to sequence the chloroplast specific plant genes atpB and rbcL.

Ibrahim Abbasi, Fouad Akad, Liora Studentsky, Irina Ben Avi, Laor Orshan, and Alon Warburg "A next-generation (DNA) sequencing (NGS)–based method for identifying the sources of sugar meals in mosquito vectors of West Nile virus in Israel," Journal of Vector Ecology 47(1), 109-116, (5 April 2022). https://doi.org/10.52707/1081-1710-47.1.109
Received: 24 November 2021; Accepted: 10 March 2022; Published: 5 April 2022
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KEYWORDS
Culex perexiguus
Culex pipiens
mosquito plant meals
next generation sequencing
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