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Loss of West Nile virus genetic diversity during mosquito infection due to species-dependent population bottlenecks
25 Aug 2023
Abstract excerpt
Vector competence (VC) refers to the efficiency of pathogen transmission by vectors. Each step in the infection of a mosquito vector constitutes a barrier to transmission that may impose bottlenecks on virus populations. West Nile virus (WNV) is maintained by multiple mosquito species with varying VC. However, the extent to which bottlenecks and VC are linked is poorly understood. Similarly, quantitative analyses...
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