A new insect-specific flavivirus from northern Australia suppresses replication of West Nile virus and Murray Valley encephalitis virus in co-infected mosquito cells.

A new insect-specific flavivirus from northern Australia suppresses replication of West Nile virus and Murray Valley encephalitis virus in co-infected mosquito cells.

Recent reports of a novel group of flaviviruses that replicate only in mosquitoes and appear to spread through insect populations via vertical transmission have emerged from around the globe. To date, there is no information on the presence or prevalence of these insect-specific flaviviruses (ISFs)...

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Main Authors: Jody Hobson-Peters, Alice Wei Yee Yam, Jennifer Wei Fei Lu, Yin Xiang Setoh, Fiona J May, Nina Kurucz, Susan Walsh, Natalie A Prow, Steven S Davis, Richard Weir, Lorna Melville, Neville Hunt, Richard I Webb, Bradley J Blitvich, Peter Whelan, Roy A Hall
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23460804/?tool=EBI

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23460804/?tool=EBI

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