Mosquito community composition shapes virus prevalence patterns along anthropogenic disturbance gradients.

ABSTRACT: Previously unknown pathogens often emerge from primary ecosystems, but there is little knowledge on the mechanisms of emergence. Most studies analyzing the influence of land-use change on pathogen emergence focus on a single host-pathogen system and often observe contradictory effects. Here, we studied virus diversity and prevalence patterns in natural and disturbed ecosystems using a multi-host and multi-taxa approach. Mosquitoes sampled along a disturbance gradient in Côte d'Ivoire were tested by generic RT-PCR assays established for all major arbovirus and insect-specific virus taxa including novel viruses previously discovered in these samples based on cell culture isolates enabling an unbiased and comprehensive approach. The taxonomic composition of detected viruses was characterized

SUBMITTER: Hermanns K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10547478 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature