A novel MALDI-TOF MS-based method for blood meal identification in insect vectors: A proof of concept study on phlebotomine sand flies

• Kristyna Hlavackova,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

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• Vit Dvorak,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

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• Alexandra Chaskopoulou,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation USDA–ARS, European Biological Control Laboratory, Thessaloniki, Greece

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• Petr Volf,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

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• Petr Halada

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: halada@biomed.cas.cz

  Affiliation Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7229-3450

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