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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Bitome-Essono PY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5426900 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
eLife 20170328
About 60% of emerging infectious diseases in humans are of zoonotic origin. Their increasing number requires the development of new methods for early detection and monitoring of infectious agents in wildlife. Here, we investigated whether blood meals from hematophagous flies could be used to identify the infectious agents circulating in wild vertebrates. To this aim, 1230 blood-engorged flies were caught in the forests of Gabon. Identified blood meals (30%) were from 20 vertebrate species includ ...[more]