Virus Prospecting in Crickets—Discovery and Strain Divergence of a Novel Iflavirus in Wild and Cultivated <i>Acheta domesticus</i>

Virus Prospecting in Crickets—Discovery and Strain Divergence of a Novel Iflavirus in Wild and Cultivated <i>Acheta domesticus</i>

Orthopteran insects have high reproductive rates leading to boom-bust population dynamics with high local densities that are ideal for short, episodic disease epidemics. Viruses are particularly well suited for such host population dynamics, due to their supreme ability to adapt to changing transmis...

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Main Authors: Joachim R. de Miranda, Fredrik Granberg, Piero Onorati, Anna Jansson, Åsa Berggren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
metagenome
virome
<i>Acheta domesticus</i>
cricket
Acheta domesticus Iflavirus
strain evolution
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/3/364

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