Insect-specific flaviviruses: a systematic review of their discovery, host range, mode of transmission, superinfection exclusion potential and genomic organization

BJ Blitvich, AE Firth - Viruses, 2015 - mdpi.com
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of insect-specific flaviviruses (ISFs)
discovered in the last decade. Historically, these viruses have generated limited interest due …

Insect-specific virus discovery: significance for the arbovirus community

BG Bolling, SC Weaver, RB Tesh, N Vasilakis - Viruses, 2015 - mdpi.com
Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses), especially those transmitted by mosquitoes, are a
significant cause of morbidity and mortality in humans and animals worldwide. Recent …

Cell-Fusing Agent Virus Reduces Arbovirus Dissemination in Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes In Vivo

A Baidaliuk, EF Miot, S Lequime… - Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are the main vectors of arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) of
public health significance, such as the flaviviruses dengue virus (DENV) and Zika virus …

Insect-specific viruses: a historical overview and recent developments

CM Roundy, SR Azar, SL Rossi, SC Weaver… - Advances in Virus …, 2017 - Elsevier
Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) have in recent years become a tremendous global
health concern resulting in substantial human morbidity and mortality. With the widespread …

Cell fusing agent virus and dengue virus mutually interact in Aedes aegypti cell lines

G Zhang, S Asad, AA Khromykh, S Asgari - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The genus Flavivirus contains more than 70 single-stranded, positive-sense arthropod-
borne RNA viruses. Some flaviviruses are particularly medically important to humans and …

Vertical and horizontal transmission of cell fusing agent virus in Aedes aegypti

RAE Logan, S Quek, JN Muthoni… - Applied and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cell fusing agent virus (CFAV) is an insect-specific flavivirus (ISF) found in Aedes aegypti
mosquitoes. ISFs have demonstrated the ability to modulate the infection or transmission of …

[HTML][HTML] First isolation of Aedes flavivirus in the Western Hemisphere and evidence of vertical transmission in the mosquito Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Diptera …

AD Haddow, H Guzman, VL Popov, TG Wood… - Virology, 2013 - Elsevier
We report here the first evidence of vertical transmission of Aedes flavivirus (AEFV) and its
first isolation in the Western Hemisphere. AEFV strain SPFLD-MO-2011-MP6 was isolated in …

Chimeric vaccines based on novel insect-specific flaviviruses

JJ Harrison, J Hobson-Peters, H Bielefeldt-Ohmann… - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Vector-borne flaviviruses are responsible for nearly half a billion human infections
worldwide each year, resulting in millions of cases of debilitating and severe diseases and …

Insect-specific flaviviruses, a worldwide widespread group of viruses only detected in insects

M Calzolari, L Zé-Zé, A Vázquez, MPS Seco… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Several flaviviruses are important pathogens for humans and animals (Dengue viruses,
Japanese encephalitis virus, Yellow-fever virus, Tick-borne encephalitis virus, West Nile …

Detection of mosquito-only flaviviruses in Europe

M Calzolari, L Ze-Ze, D Růžek… - Journal of General …, 2012 - microbiologyresearch.org
The genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae, includes a number of important arthropod-
transmitted human pathogens such as dengue viruses, West Nile virus, Japanese …