2019
Small RNA responses of Culex mosquitoes and cell lines during acute and persistent virus infection
Rückert C, Prasad AN, Garcia-Luna SM, Robison A, Grubaugh ND, Weger-Lucarelli J, Ebel GD. Small RNA responses of Culex mosquitoes and cell lines during acute and persistent virus infection. Insect Biochemistry And Molecular Biology 2019, 109: 13-23. PMID: 30959110, PMCID: PMC6516063, DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2019.04.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCulex cellsSRNA responseViral DNA formsRNA interferenceMerida virusCulex mosquitoesSmall RNA responsesSmall RNA librariesCell linesWest Nile virusAntiviral RNA interferenceDNA formsHsu cellsVirus-derived DNANt siRNAsPiRNA responseRNA pathwaysSRNA readsRNA librariesWimpy testisEfficient antiviral responsePiRNAsAntiviral responseImportant virusesAedes spp
2016
Genetic Drift during Systemic Arbovirus Infection of Mosquito Vectors Leads to Decreased Relative Fitness during Host Switching
Grubaugh ND, Weger-Lucarelli J, Murrieta RA, Fauver JR, Garcia-Luna SM, Prasad AN, Black WC, Ebel GD. Genetic Drift during Systemic Arbovirus Infection of Mosquito Vectors Leads to Decreased Relative Fitness during Host Switching. Cell Host & Microbe 2016, 19: 481-492. PMID: 27049584, PMCID: PMC4833525, DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.03.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRelative fitnessMosquito speciesLower relative fitnessWest Nile virusComplex virus populationsSignificant fitness costMosquito-borne RNA virusesHost switchingGenetic driftGenetic diversityAdaptive potentialPopulation expansionFitness costsAvian cellsDeleterious mutationsMutational diversityRNA virusesBridge vectorsViral populationsVirus populationsMosquito vectorsFitnessSpeciesDiversityNile virusIsolation of a Novel Insect-Specific Flavivirus from Culiseta melanura in the Northeastern United States
Misencik MJ, Grubaugh ND, Andreadis TG, Ebel GD, Armstrong PM. Isolation of a Novel Insect-Specific Flavivirus from Culiseta melanura in the Northeastern United States. Vector-Borne And Zoonotic Diseases 2016, 16: 181-190. PMID: 26807512, PMCID: PMC4779966, DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2015.1889.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInsect-specific flavivirusesOpen reading framePhylogenetic analysisDistinct evolutionary lineagesAmino acid sequence identityObvious geographic structureLimited genetic variationNovel insect-specific flavivirusEvolutionary lineagesHost associationsGeographic structureComplete genomeGenetic variationField-collected mosquitoesReading frameMelanura larvaeNucleotide sequenceSequence identityLarval stagesSampled populationsNortheastern United StatesGenus FlavivirusCalbertado virusNS5 geneViral sequences