Insect-Specific Virus Discovery: Significance for the Arbovirus Community.

ABSTRACT: Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses), especially those transmitted by mosquitoes, are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in humans and animals worldwide. Recent discoveries indicate that mosquitoes are naturally infected with a wide range of other viruses, many within taxa occupied by arboviruses that are considered insect-specific. Over the past ten years there has been a dramatic increase in the literature describing novel insect-specific virus detection in mosquitoes, which has provided new insights about viral diversity and evolution, including that of arboviruses. It has also raised questions about what effects the mosquito virome has on arbovirus transmission. Additionally, the discovery of these new viruses has generated interest in their potential use as biological con

SUBMITTER: Bolling BG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4584295 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature