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Identification and Characterization of Two Novel RNA Viruses from Anopheles gambiae Species Complex Mosquitoes
3 May 2016
Abstract excerpt
Mosquitoes of the Anopheles gambiae complex display strong preference for human bloodmeals and are major malaria vectors in Africa. However, their interaction with viruses or role in arbovirus transmission during epidemics has been little examined, with the exception of O'nyong-nyong virus, closely related to Chikungunya virus. Deep-sequencing has revealed different RNA viruses in natural insect viromes, but none...
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