Viral Metagenomics on Blood-Feeding Arthropods as a Tool for Human Disease Surveillance
Abstract
:1. Surveillance of Emerging Viruses
2. Mosquitoes as “Flying Syringes” for Virus Surveillance
2.1. Feasibility Studies
2.2. Other Hematophagous Animals for VEM
2.2.1. Ticks
2.2.2. Midges
2.2.3. Carrion Flies
2.2.4. Bed Bugs
2.2.5. Fleas
2.2.6. Bat Flies
2.2.7. Leeches (phylum Annelida)
2.2.8. Lice
3. Combining VEM with iDNA
4. Mosquito Sampling: Practical Considerations
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Brinkmann, A.; Nitsche, A.; Kohl, C. Viral Metagenomics on Blood-Feeding Arthropods as a Tool for Human Disease Surveillance. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2016, 17, 1743. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17101743
Brinkmann A, Nitsche A, Kohl C. Viral Metagenomics on Blood-Feeding Arthropods as a Tool for Human Disease Surveillance. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2016; 17(10):1743. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17101743
Chicago/Turabian StyleBrinkmann, Annika, Andreas Nitsche, and Claudia Kohl. 2016. "Viral Metagenomics on Blood-Feeding Arthropods as a Tool for Human Disease Surveillance" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 17, no. 10: 1743. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17101743