A new clade of insect-specific flaviviruses from Australian Anopheles mosquitoes displays species-specific host restriction.
Flaviviruses are arthropod-borne viruses found worldwide and are responsible for significant human and veterinary diseases, including dengue, Zika, and West Nile fever. Some flaviviruses are insect specific and replicate only in mosquitoes. We report a genetically divergent group of insect-specific...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2017
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