Open AccessAntiviral RNAi Response against the Insect-Specific Agua Salud Alphavirus
Author(s) -
Mine Altinli,
Mayke Leggewie,
Marlis Badusche,
Rashwita Gyanwali,
Christina Scherer,
Jonny Schulze,
Vattipally B Sreenu,
Marvin Fegebank,
Bernhard Zibrat,
Janina Fuß,
Sandra Junglen,
Esther Schnettler
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
msphere
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.749
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 2379-5042
DOI - 10.1128/msphere.01003-21
Subject(s) - rna interference , biology , gene knockdown , alphavirus , piwi interacting rna , small interfering rna , alphavirus infection , virology , rna , sindbis virus , microrna , chikungunya , genetics , virus , gene
Mosquitoes are efficient vectors for many arboviruses that cause emergent infectious diseases in humans. Many insect-specific viruses (ISVs) that can infect mosquitoes but cannot infect vertebrates have been discovered in the last decade.