Reposted by Michael Walsh
📢 New paper out by @erin-eco1.bsky.social @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
We show that mid-infrared spectroscopy can identify host species from dried mosquito blood meals collected on filter paper 🦟🩸
A scalable tool for vector-borne disease surveillance and host-feeding studies.
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Rapid host species identification from dried bloodspots of Culex mosquito blood meals using mid-infrared spectroscopy - Parasites & Vectors
Background Understanding mosquito blood-feeding preferences can help infer vector-borne pathogen transmission dynamics and improve intervention strategies for important human and animal pathogens. The...
