Translating mosquito viromes into vector management strategies

C Koh, MC Saleh - Trends in Parasitology, 2024 - cell.com
Mosquitoes are best known for transmitting human and animal viruses. However, they also
harbour mosquito-specific viruses (MSVs) as part of their microbiota. These are a group of …

[HTML][HTML] Rational development of live-attenuated Zika virus vaccines

A Adam, C Lee, T Wang - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Zika virus (ZIKV), a re-emerging mosquito-borne flavivirus, has caused outbreaks in Africa,
Asia, the Pacific, and, more recently, in the Americas. ZIKV has been associated with the …

[HTML][HTML] Suppression of flavivirus transmission from animal hosts to mosquitoes with a mosquito-delivered vaccine

D Wen, LS Ding, Y Zhang, X Li, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Zoonotic viruses circulate in the natural reservoir and sporadically spill over into human
populations, resulting in endemics or pandemics. We previously found that the Chaoyang …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the immunogenicity of an insect-specific virus vectored Zika vaccine candidate

M Tanelus, K López, S Smith, JA Muller, DL Porier… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an important re-emerging flavivirus that presents a significant threat to
human health worldwide. Despite its importance, no vaccines are approved for use in …

[HTML][HTML] Reporter flaviviruses as tools to demonstrate homologous and heterologous superinfection exclusion

FJ Torres, R Parry, LE Hugo, A Slonchak, ND Newton… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Binjari virus (BinJV) is a lineage II or dual-host affiliated insect-specific flavivirus previously
demonstrated as replication-deficient in vertebrate cells. Previous studies have shown that …

The influence of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection on expression of drug‐metabolizing enzymes and transporters in a hACE2 murine model

K Deshpande, KR Lange, WB Stone… - Pharmacology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) infection and the resulting
Coronavirus disease 2019 emerged in late 2019 and is responsible for significant morbidity …

A chimeric classical insect-specific flavivirus provides complete protection against West Nile virus lethal challenge in mice

HQ Zhang, N Li, ZR Zhang, CL Deng… - The Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
West Nile virus (WNV), an arthropod-borne flavivirus, can cause severe symptoms, including
encephalitis, and death, posing a threat to public health and the economy. However, there is …

A scoping review of triatomine control for Chagas disease prevention: current and developing tools in Latin America and the United States

Y Tian, C Durden, GL Hamer - Journal of Medical Entomology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Chagas disease is an infectious disease of human and animal health concern, with 6–8
million chronic human infections and over 50,000 deaths throughout the Americas annually …

Humoral and T-cell-mediated responses to a pre-clinical Zika vaccine candidate that utilizes a unique insect-specific flavivirus platform

DL Porier, A Adam, L Kang, P Michalak, J Tupik… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Vaccination is critical for the control and prevention of viral outbreaks, yet conventional
vaccine platforms may involve trade-offs between immunogenicity and safety. Insect-specific …

Pan-flavivirus analysis reveals that the insect-specific Kamiti River virus produces a new subgenomic RNA and high amounts of 3'UTR-derived siRNAs

B Besson, GJ Overheul, MT Wolfinger, S Junglen… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Flaviviruses subvert the host RNA decay machinery to produce subgenomic flavivirus RNA
(sfRNA), products of the 5'-3'exoribonuclease XRN1/Pacman stalling on secondary RNA …