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Mapping the virome in wild-caught Aedes aegypti from Cairns and Bangkok.
Scientific reports - 16 Mar 2018
Zakrzewski Martha, Rašić Gordana, Darbro Jonathan, Krause Lutz, Poo Yee S, Filipović Igor, Parry Rhys, Asgari Sassan, Devine Greg, Suhrbier Andreas
Abstract excerpt
Medically important arboviruses such as dengue, Zika, and chikungunya viruses are primarily transmitted by the globally distributed mosquito Aedes aegypti. Increasing evidence suggests that transmission can be influenced by mosquito viromes. Herein RNA-Seq was used to characterize RNA metaviromes of wild-caught Ae. aegypti from Bangkok (Thailand) and from Cairns (Australia). The two mosquito populations showed a...
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