13. Integrating information on the role of mosquitoes for the transmission of pathogens of wildlife Gutiérrez-López, Rafael Logan, James Martínez-de la Puente, Josué Traditionally, mosquitoes have been studied given their relevance as vectors of pathogens that affect humans. However, in recent decades, their relevance as vectors of pathogens that affect wildlife has become evident. For this reason, multidisciplinary research disciplines have been developed focusing on the ecology, epidemiology and evolution of the interactions between pathogens and their hosts, including the transmission dynamics of diseases. However, there is a gap in the knowledge of mosquito-borne pathogens that affect wildlife, being necessary to study the taxa diversity, using genomic tools and, of course, their life cycles and their vectors. However, the information on the vector competence of mosquitoes for the transmission of pathogens that affect wild animals is certainly scarce. Interspecific and intraspecific differences have been evidenced. This would determine the capacity of mosquitoes to transmit parasites that infect wild animals. Different factors such as physiological and biochemical processes, or the mosquito microbiota could determine these differential capacities of mosquitoes to transmit pathogens. 2024-01-08T10:17:12Z 2024-01-08T10:17:12Z 2022 info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart Gutiérrez-López, R., Logan, J., & la Puente, J. M. (2022). "13. Integrating information on the role of mosquitoes for the transmission of pathogens of wildlife". In Ecology of diseases transmitted by mosquitoes to wildlife. Leiden, The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-931-2_13 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/86606 10.3920/978-90-8686-931-2_13 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional