In March 2020, following the annual International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)
ratification vote on newly proposed taxa, the phylum Negarnaviricota was amended and …

In the last decade, virus hunting and discovery has gained pace. This achievement has
been driven by three major factors:(a) advancements in sequencing technologies,(b) scaled …

The spectrum of viruses in insects is important for subjects as diverse as public health,
veterinary medicine, food production, and biodiversity conservation. The traditional interest …

RNA viromes of nine commonly encountered Ochlerotatus mosquito species collected
around Finland in 2015 and 2017 were studied using next-generation sequencing. Mosquito …

Culex modestus mosquitoes are considered potential transmission vectors of West Nile virus
and Usutu virus. Their presence has been reported across several European countries …

Viruses may represent the most diverse microorganisms on Earth. Novel viruses and
variants continue to emerge. Mosquitoes are the most dangerous animals to humankind …

Due to their vectorial capacity, mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) receive special attention from
health authorities and entomologists. These cosmopolitan insects are responsible for the …

Culicoides-borne viruses such as bluetongue, African horse sickness, and Schmallenberg
virus cause major economic burdens due to animal outbreaks in Africa and their emergence …

Biting midges (Culicoides species) are vectors of arboviruses and were responsible for the
emergence and spread of Schmallenberg virus (SBV) in Europe in 2011 and are likely to be …

Thanks to recent advances in random amplification technologies, metagenomic surveillance
expanded the number of novel, often unclassified viruses within the family Rhabdoviridae …