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SUBMITTER: Lara Pinto AZ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5678729 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lara Pinto Andressa Zelenski de AZ Santos de Carvalho Michellen M de Melo Fernando Lucas FL Ribeiro Ana Lúcia Maria ALM Morais Ribeiro Bergmann B Dezengrini Slhessarenko Renata R
PloS one 20171108 11
Viruses may represent the most diverse microorganisms on Earth. Novel viruses and variants continue to emerge. Mosquitoes are the most dangerous animals to humankind. This study aimed at identifying viral RNA diversity in salivary glands of mosquitoes captured in a sylvatic area of Cerrado at the Chapada dos Guimarães National Park, Mato Grosso, Brazil. In total, 66 Culicinae mosquitoes belonging to 16 species comprised 9 pools, subjected to viral RNA extraction, double-strand cDNA synthesis, ra ...[more]