@article{fdi:010070023,
  title = {{T}racking zoonotic pathogens using bloodsucking flies as 'flying syringes'},
  author = {{B}itome-{E}ssono, {P}. {Y}. and {O}llomo, {B}. and {A}rnathau, {C}. and {D}urand, {P}. and {M}okoudoum, {N}. {D}. and {Y}acka-{M}ouele, {L}. and {O}kouga, {A}. {P}. and {B}oundenga, {L}. and {M}ve-{O}ndo, {B}. and {O}bame-{N}koghe, {J}. and {M}behang-{N}guema, {P}. and {N}jiokou, {F}. and {M}akanga, {B}. and {W}attier, {R}. and {A}yala, {D}iego and {A}yala, {F}. {J}. and {P}rugnolle, {F}. and {P}aupy, {C}hristophe},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}bout 60% of emerging infectious diseases in humans are of zoonotic origin. {T}heir increasing number requires the development of new methods for early detection and monitoring of infectious agents in wildlife. {H}ere, we investigated whether blood meals from hematophagous flies could be used to identify the infectious agents circulating in wild vertebrates. {T}o this aim, 1230 blood-engorged flies were caught in the forests of {G}abon. {I}dentified blood meals (30%) were from 20 vertebrate species including mammals, birds and reptiles. {A}mong them, 9% were infected by different extant malaria parasites among which some belonged to known parasite species, others to new parasite species or to parasite lineages for which only the vector was known. {T}his study demonstrates that using hematophagous flies as 'flying syringes' constitutes an interesting approach to investigate blood-borne pathogen diversity in wild vertebrates and could be used as an early detection tool of zoonotic pathogens.},
  keywords = {{GABON}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {e{LIFE}},
  volume = {6},
  numero = {},
  pages = {e22069 [22 p.]},
  ISSN = {2050-084{X}},
  year = {2017},
  DOI = {10.7554/e{L}ife.22069},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010070023},
}