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Reversion to ancestral Zika virus NS1 residues increases competence of Aedes albopictus.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Oct 2020
Kuo Lili, Jaeger Anna S, Banker Elyse M, Bialosuknia Sean M, Mathias Nicholas, Payne Anne F, Kramer Laura D, Aliota Matthew T, Ciota Alexander T
Abstract excerpt
Both mosquito species-specific differences and virus strain -specific differences impact vector competence. Previous results in our laboratory with individual populations of N. American mosquitoes support studies suggesting Aedes aegypti are more competent than Ae. albopictus for American Zika virus (ZIKV) strains and demonstrate that U.S. Ae. albopictus have higher competence for an ancestral Asian ZIKV strain....
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