Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 866: Aedes aegypti from Amazon Basin Harbor High Diversity of Novel Viral Species

This study aimed to identify new viral agents within Aedes aegypti mosquito in a city of the Amazonian region, where it is highly endemic. Metagenomic investigation was performed on 60 mosquito pools and viral RNA sequences present in their microbiota were characterized using genomic and phylogenetic tools. In total, we identified five putative novel virus species related to the Sobemovirus genus, Iflavirus genus and Permutatetraviridae family. These findings indicate a diverse taxonomy of viruses present in the mosquito microbiota of the Amazon, the region with the greatest invertebrate diversity in the world.

Source: Viruses - August 7, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Geovani de Oliveira Ribeiro Vanessa S. Morais Fred Julio Costa Monteiro Edcelha Soares D ’Athaide Ribeiro Marlisson Octavio da S Rego Raimundo Nonato Pican ço Souto Fabiola Villanova Roozbeh Tahmasebi Philip Michael Hefford Xutao Deng Eric Delwart Este Tags: Article Source Type: research