Virus Prospecting in Crickets—Discovery and Strain Divergence of a Novel Iflavirus in Wild and Cultivated <i>Acheta domesticus</i>
Orthopteran insects have high reproductive rates leading to boom-bust population dynamics with high local densities that are ideal for short, episodic disease epidemics. Viruses are particularly well suited for such host population dynamics, due to their supreme ability to adapt to changing transmis...
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MDPI AG
2021-02-01
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Series: | Viruses |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/3/364 |