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High Prevalence of a Newly DiscoveredWutai Mosquito Phasivirus in Mosquitoes from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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2019-05Registro en:
Ribeiro, Mário Sérgio; Ayllón, Tania; Malirat, Viviana; Câmara, Daniel Cardoso Portela; Dias, Cristina Maria Giordano; et al.; High Prevalence of a Newly DiscoveredWutai Mosquito Phasivirus in Mosquitoes from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute; Insects; 10; 5; 5-2019; 1-10
2075-4450
CONICET Digital
CONICET
Autor
Ribeiro, Mário Sérgio
Ayllón, Tania
Malirat, Viviana
Câmara, Daniel Cardoso Portela
Dias, Cristina Maria Giordano
Louzada, Guilherme
Fernandes Ferreira, Davis
de Andrade Medronho, Roberto
Acevedo, Renata Campos
Resumen
Many RNA viruses have recently emerged, threatening humans and causing harm to animals and plants. Bunyaviruses represent one of the largest groups of RNA viruses and are able to infect a wide range of hosts (invertebrates, vertebrates, and plants). Recently, new insect-specific viruses have been isolated from mosquitoes and phlebotomine sandflies worldwide. Little is known regarding the impact of these viruses on the vector life cycles and the stages of oviposition, breeding, blood feeding, and the mosquito’s lifespan. This study describes, for the first time in South America, the detection and characterization of a recently discovered bunyavirus corresponding to the Wutai mosquito phasivirus, confirming its high prevalence in the Culex spp. and Aedes spp. mosquitoes collected in the urban environment of Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil. The knowledge of the mosquito’s insect-specific virus infection can improve virus evolution studies and may contribute to the understanding of intrinsic factors that influence vector competence to transmit pathogenic viruses.