Rapid assessment of the blood-feeding histories of wild-caught malaria mosquitoes using mid-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning

The degree to which Anopheles mosquitoes prefer biting humans over other vertebrate hosts, i.e. the human blood index (HBI), is a crucial parameter for assessing malaria transmission risk. However, existing techn...

Source: Malaria Journal - March 26, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Emmanuel P. Mwanga, Idrisa S. Mchola, Faraja E. Makala, Issa H. Mshani, Doreen J. Siria, Sophia H. Mwinyi, Said Abbasi, Godian Seleman, Jacqueline N. Mgaya, Mario Gonz ález Jiménez, Klaas Wynne, Maggy T. Sikulu-Lord, Prashanth Selvaraj, Fredros O. Okumu Tags: Research Source Type: research