Article
Metagenomic analysis of coastal Kenya female Aedes aegypti mosquito RNA metaviromes reveal presence of diverse insect specific viruses
2023-08-16
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<h4>Background: </h4> : Coastal Kenya has experienced repeated outbreaks of Chikungunya (CHIKV) and Dengue (DENV) viruses mediated by competent Aedes aegypti mosquito populations . These mosquitoes harbor insect specific viruses (ISVs), some of which can prevent arboviral transmission . However, there has been no systematic molecular entomological surveillance in coastal Kenya and the diversity of viruses in lo...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 732ba2c7-4cbc-5274-8203-d3f74f1677a8
- DOI
- 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18868.2
