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SUBMITTER: Sucupira PHF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7547387 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sucupira Pedro H F PHF Ferreira Álvaro G A ÁGA Leite Thiago H J F THJF de Mendonça Silvana F SF Ferreira Flávia V FV Rezende Fernanda O FO Marques João T JT Moreira Luciano A LA
Viruses 20200810 8
Mayaro virus (MAYV), a sylvatic arbovirus belonging to the <i>Togaviridae</i> family and <i>Alphavirus</i> genus, is responsible for an increasing number of outbreaks in several countries of Central and South America. Despite <i>Haemagogus janthinomys</i> being identified as the main vector of MAYV, laboratory studies have already demonstrated the competence of <i>Aedes aegypti</i> to transmit MAYV. It has also been demonstrated that the <i>Wolbachia</i><i>w</i>Mel strain is able to impair the r ...[more]