Do microbiota in mosquito saliva play a role in arbovirus infection and disease? KU Leuven
In contrast to the mosquito midgut microbiome, the microbiome of mosquito saliva has not been studied. Interestingly, it was shown for the sand fly that midgut bacteria were egested in the saliva during biting and that these bacteria enhanced the disease induced by Leishmania parasites. The egestion of gut microbes in the saliva recruited neutrophils to the skin which was important for parasite dissemination. It is not known whether ...