Bioinformatic Characterization of Mosquito Viromes within the Eastern United States and Puerto Rico: Discovery of Novel Viruses

Mosquitoes are efficient, militarily relevant vectors of infectious disease pathogens, including many RNA viruses. The vast majority of all viruses are thought to be undiscovered. Accordingly, recent studies have shown that viruses discovered in insects are very divergent from known pathogens and th...

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Main Authors: Kenneth G. Frey, Tara Biser, Theron Hamilton, Carlos J. Santos, Guillermo Pimentel, Vishwesh P. Mokashi, Kimberly A. Bishop-Lilly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:Evolutionary Bioinformatics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/EBO.S38518