Host species and site of collection shape the microbiota of Rift Valley fever vectors in Kenya.

• Main Authors: David P Tchouassi (Author), Ephantus J Muturi (Author), Samwel O Arum (Author), Chang-Hyun Kim (Author), Christopher J Fields (Author), Baldwyn Torto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The composition and structure of microbial communities associated with mosquitoes remain poorly understood despite their important role in host biology and potential to be harnessed as novel strategies for mosquito-borne disease control. We employed MiSeq sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene amplicons to...