'Mosquito toilet' reveals new virus never before seen in America
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A collection of mosquito excretion in a yard in New Jersey revealed the first known evidence of a virus similar to the Hedwig virus in the Americas. The so-called mosquito toilet is a 3D printed funnel coated with a super-hydrophobic material, which causes the droplets to form small spheres and slide directly into a collection tube. In a study published in July in Microbiology Spectrum, researchers collected two groups of 50 wild mosquitoes from…
Mosquitoes leave a lot of genetic traces in their excrement: viruses, parasites and even their own species. Sign up for the newsletter! Do you also receive the latest science news in your inbox every day? Or every week? Sign up for the newsletter here! Researchers at Rutgers University have tested a remarkable new way to [...] More science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl.
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