Vertebrate-Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera)-arbovirus transmission networks: Non-human feeding revealed by meta-barcoding and next-generation sequencing.
José Guillermo Estrada-FrancoNadia A Fernández-SantosAdeniran A AdebiyiMaría de J López-LópezJesús A Aguilar-DuránLuis M Hernández-TrianaSean W J ProsserPaul D N HebertAnthony R FooksGabriel L HamerLing XueMario Alberto Rodriguez PerezPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2020)
The low human blood feeding rate in Ae. aegypti, high rate of feeding on mammals by Cx. quinquefasciatus, and the potential risk to transmission dynamics of arboviruses in highly urbanized areas of Northern Mexico is discussed.