Mosquito excreta: A sample type with many potential applications for the investigation of Ross River virus and West Nile virus ecology.

• Main Authors: Ana L Ramírez (Author), Sonja Hall-Mendelin (Author), Stephen L Doggett (Author), Glen R Hewitson (Author), Jamie L McMahon (Author), Scott A Ritchie (Author), Andrew F van den Hurk (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Emerging and re-emerging arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) cause human and animal disease globally. Field and laboratory investigation of mosquito-borne arboviruses requires analysis of mosquito samples, either individually, in pools, or a body component, or secretion such as saliva....