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SUBMITTER: Schnettler E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5120408 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schnettler Esther E Sreenu Vatipally B VB Mottram Timothy T McFarlane Melanie M
The Journal of general virology 20160928 11
Mosquito-borne viruses are known to cause disease in humans and livestock and are often difficult to control due to the lack of specific antivirals and vaccines. The Wolbachia endosymbiont has been widely studied for its ability to restrict positive-strand RNA virus infection in mosquitoes, although little is known about the precise antiviral mechanism. In recent years, a variety of insect-specific viruses have been discovered in mosquitoes and an interaction with mosquito-borne viruses has been ...[more]