Bloodmeal metabarcoding of Aedes and Culex mosquitoes collected in Guatemala
Mosquitoes are vectors of many protozoan and viral diseases to humans and synanthropic animals. These transmissions occur when they feed on the blood of hosts. In order to understand host feeding, mosquitoes were collected in Guatemala and processed to identify the bloodmeal hosts using amplicon deep sequencing methods. This allows for the identification of multiple hosts each mosquito has fed on and tracks the feeding behavior of the vector and contributes information vital to the spread of disease.