Characterization of a Novel RNA Virus Discovered in the Autumnal Moth Epirrita autumnata in Sweden

A novel, 10 kb RNA virus—tentatively named ‘Abisko virus’—was discovered in the transcriptome data of a diseased autumnal moth (Epirrita autumnata) larva, as part of a search for the possible causes of the cyclical nature and mortality associated with geometrid moth dynamics and outbreaks in norther...

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Main Authors: Joachim R. de Miranda, Harald Hedman, Piero Onorati, Jörg Stephan, Olof Karlberg, Helena Bylund, Olle Terenius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-08-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/9/8/214