Characterizing viral species in mosquitoes (Culicidae) in the Colombian Orinoco: insights from a preliminary metagenomic study
Marcela Gómez, David Martínez, Luisa Páez-Triana, Nicolás Luna, Jorge Luis De las salas, Carolina Hernández, Alexander Zamora Flórez, Marina Muñoz, Juan David Ramírez · 2023
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Description
Marcela Gómez and eight colleagues published a mosquito virus survey in two thousand twenty-three in the Colombian Orinoco. Mosquitoes carry viruses that threaten people, plus others that infect only insects. Rural savanna where people, livestock, and wildlife mix is under-surveyed.
Long-read sequencing profiled viruses in six mosquito genera of public health interest. Insect-only viruses dominated the mix, led by one family across all samples. A shared core set of insect viruses appeared in every species. One of them made up nearly nine tenths of the virus signal in a single Culex species. The authors frame the catalogue as a baseline for spotting disease-carrying viruses early in this region.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Marcela Gómez, David Martínez, Luisa Páez-Triana, Nicolás Luna, Jorge Luis De las salas, Carolina Hernández, Alexander Zamora Flórez, Marina Muñoz, Juan David Ramírez |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |