2023
Leveraging insect-specific viruses to elucidate mosquito population structure and dynamics
Hollingsworth B, Grubaugh N, Lazzaro B, Murdock C. Leveraging insect-specific viruses to elucidate mosquito population structure and dynamics. PLOS Pathogens 2023, 19: e1011588. PMID: 37651317, PMCID: PMC10470969, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011588.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInsect-specific virusesPopulation structureMosquito viromeFine-scale genetic variationMosquito ecologyDiversity of virusesMosquito population structureMovement ratesMultiple spatial scalesViral ecologyGenetic variationHost genomeDisease ecologyCryptic aspectsVirome studiesEcologyViral discoveryViral phylogenyMosquito control programsViromeGenomeGenomic epidemiologySpatial scalesPhylogenyRelevant timescales
2016
Isolation 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