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ArticlePLoS neglected tropical diseases2019

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

David P Tchouassi, Ephantus J Muturi, Samwel O Arum, Chang-Hyun Kim, Christopher J Fields, Baldwyn Torto

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Article in PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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David P TchouassiInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0001-9910-4704
Ephantus J MuturiCrop Bioprotection Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America.
Samwel O ArumInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya.
Chang-Hyun KimIllinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America.
Christopher J FieldsHigh Performance Computing in Biology (HPCBio), Roy J Carver Biotechnology Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-7749-5844
Baldwyn TortoInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya.

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Abstract

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 characterize the bacterial flora of field-collected populations of Aedes mcintoshi and Aedes ochraceus, the primary vectors of Rift Valley fever (RVF) virus in Kenya. Proteobacteria (53.5%), Firmicutes (22.0%) and Actinobacteria (10.0%) were the most abundant bacterial phyla accounting for 85.5% of the total sequences. Non-metric multi-dimensional scaling plots based on Bray-Curtis dissimilarities revealed a clear grouping of the samples by mosquito species, indicating that the two mosquito species harbored distinct microbial communities. Microbial diversity, richness and composition was strongly influenced by the site of mosquito collection and overall, Ae. ochraceus had significantly higher microbial diversity and richness than Ae. mcintoshi. Our findings suggest that host species and site of collection are important determinants of bacterial community composition and diversity in RVF virus vectors and these differences likely contribute to the spatio-temporal transmission dynamics of RVF virus.

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Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeAedesAnimalsBacteriaCluster AnalysisDNA, BacterialDNA, RibosomalFemaleKenyaMosquito VectorsPhylogenyRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSequence Analysis, DNADNA, BacterialDNA, RibosomalRNA, Ribosomal, 16S

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