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SUBMITTER: Kuwata R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7087109 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kuwata Ryusei R Satho Tomomitsu T Isawa Haruhiko H Yen Nguyen Thi NT Phong Tran Vu TV Nga Phan Thi PT Kurashige Tomokazu T Hiramatsu Yukihiro Y Fukumitsu Yuki Y Hoshino Keita K Sasaki Toshinori T Kobayashi Mutsuo M Mizutani Tetsuya T Sawabe Kyoko K
Archives of virology 20130602 11
In this study, we isolated and characterized an insect nidovirus from the mosquito Culex tritaeniorhynchus Giles (Diptera: Culicidae) in Vietnam, as an additional member of the new family Mesoniviridae in the order Nidovirales. The virus, designated "Dak Nong virus (DKNV)," shared many characteristics with Cavally virus and Nam Dinh virus, which have also been discovered recently in mosquitoes, and these viruses should be considered members of a single virus species, Alphamesonivirus 1. DKNV gre ...[more]