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TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY
Volume 26, Issue 10, Pages 470-476Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2010.06.007
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- Marie Curie fellowship [PIEF-GA-2008-221243]
- Junta de Andalucia [P07-RNM-02511]
- Spanish Ministry of Science [CGL2009-11445]
- ERDF (European Regional Development Funds)
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Disentangling trophic interaction networks in vector-borne systems has important implications in epidemiological and evolutionary studies. Molecular methods based on bloodmeal typing in vectors have been increasingly used to identify hosts. Although most molecular approaches benefit from good specificity and sensitivity, their temporal resolution is limited by the often rapid digestion of blood, and mixed bloodmeals still remain a challenge for bloodmeal identification in multi-host vector systems. Stable isotope analyses represent a novel complementary tool that can overcome some of these problems. The utility of these methods using examples from different vector-borne systems are discussed and the extents to which they are complementary and versatile are highlighted. There are excellent opportunities for progress in the study of vector-borne transmission networks resulting from the integration of both molecular and stable isotope approaches.
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