Detection of Insect-Specific Flaviviruses in Mosquitoes (Diptera: <i>Culicidae</i>) in Northeastern Regions of South Africa

Detection of Insect-Specific Flaviviruses in Mosquitoes (Diptera: <i>Culicidae</i>) in Northeastern Regions of South Africa

Mosquitoes in the <i>Aedes</i> and <i>Culex</i> genera are considered the main vectors of pathogenic flaviviruses worldwide. Entomological surveillance using universal flavivirus sets of primers in mosquitoes can detect not only pathogenic viruses but also insect-specific one...

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Main Authors: Milehna M. Guarido, Kamini Govender, Megan A. Riddin, Maarten Schrama, Erin E. Gorsich, Basil D. Brooke, Antonio Paulo Gouveia Almeida, Marietjie Venter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-10-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
flavivirus
insect-specific
cell-fusing agent virus
mosquitoes
<i>Aedes</i>
<i>Anopheles</i>
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/11/2148

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