Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses), especially those transmitted by mosquitoes, are a
significant cause of morbidity and mortality in humans and animals worldwide. Recent …

Mosquito-specific viruses (MSVs) are a subset of insect-specific viruses that are found to
infect mosquitoes or mosquito derived cells. There has been an increase in discoveries of …

Metagenomic analysis of whole mosquitoes allows the genetic characterization of all
associated viruses, including arboviruses and insect-specific viruses, plus those in their diet …

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 …

Highlights•Mosquito-specific viruses are ancestral to mosquito-borne viruses.•Restriction of
replication in vertebrate hosts occurs at multiple levels.•Evolution of dual-host tropism …

The group of Insect-specific viruses (ISVs) includes viruses apparently restricted to insects
based on their inability to replicate in the vertebrates. Increasing numbers of ISVs have been …

The future of infectious disease surveillance and outbreak response is trending towards
smaller hand-held solutions for point-of-need pathogen detection. Here, samples of Culex …

Mosquitoes carry a wide variety of viruses that can cause vector-borne infectious diseases
and affect both human and veterinary public health. Although Mozambique can be …

The genus Phlebovirus (order Bunyavirales, family Phenuiviridae) comprises 57 viruses that
are grouped into nine species-complexes. Sandfly-transmitted phleboviruses are found in …

Arthropod-borne viruses contribute significantly to global mortality and morbidity in humans
and animals. These viruses are mainly transmitted between susceptible vertebrate hosts by …