Insect-specific flaviviruses: a systematic review of their discovery, host range, mode of transmission, superinfection exclusion potential and genomic organization

BJ Blitvich, AE Firth - Viruses, 2015 - mdpi.com
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of insect-specific flaviviruses (ISFs)
discovered in the last decade. Historically, these viruses have generated limited interest due …

Structures and functions of the envelope glycoprotein in flavivirus infections

X Zhang, R Jia, H Shen, M Wang, Z Yin, A Cheng - Viruses, 2017 - mdpi.com
Flaviviruses are enveloped, single-stranded RNA viruses that widely infect many animal
species. The envelope protein, a structural protein of flavivirus, plays an important role in …

Translational control in virus-infected cells

N Stern-Ginossar, SR Thompson… - Cold Spring …, 2019 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
As obligate intracellular parasites, virus reproduction requires host cell functions. Despite
variations in genome size and configuration, nucleic acid composition, and their repertoire of …

Flavivirus-mosquito interactions

YJS Huang, S Higgs, KME Horne, DL Vanlandingham - Viruses, 2014 - mdpi.com
The Flavivirus genus is in the family Flaviviridae and is comprised of more than 70 viruses.
These viruses have a broad geographic range, circulating on every continent except …

Japanese encephalitis vaccines: Immunogenicity, protective efficacy, effectiveness, and impact on the burden of disease

NR Hegde, MM Gore - Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a serious public health concern in most of Asia. The disease is
caused by JE virus (JEV), a flavivirus transmitted by Culex mosquitoes. Several vaccines …

Coronavirus takeover of host cell translation and intracellular antiviral response: a molecular perspective

ED Karousis, K Schubert, N Ban - The EMBO journal, 2024 - embopress.org
Coronaviruses are a group of related RNA viruses that cause respiratory diseases in
humans and animals. Understanding the mechanisms of translation regulation during …

Not all mosquitoes are created equal: A synthesis of vector competence experiments reinforces virus associations of Australian mosquitoes

MP Kain, EB Skinner, TS Athni… - PLoS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The globalization of mosquito-borne arboviral diseases has placed more than half of the
human population at risk. Understanding arbovirus ecology, including the role individual …

Comparative pathology of West Nile virus in humans and non-human animals

AD Byas, GD Ebel - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
West Nile virus (WNV) continues to be a major cause of human arboviral neuroinvasive
disease. Susceptible non-human vertebrates are particularly diverse, ranging from …

Predicting West Nile virus transmission in North American bird communities using phylogenetic mixed effects models and eBird citizen science data

MP Kain, BM Bolker - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-transmitted disease of birds that
has caused bird population declines and can spill over into human populations. Previous …

PPLine: an automated pipeline for SNP, SAP, and splice variant detection in the context of proteogenomics

GS Krasnov, AA Dmitriev… - Journal of proteome …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The fundamental mission of the Chromosome-Centric Human Proteome Project (C-HPP) is
the research of human proteome diversity, including rare variants. Liver tissues, HepG2 …