A systematic review and meta-analysis reveal that Campylobacter spp. and antibiotic resistance are widespread in humans in sub-Saharan Africa

DF Hlashwayo, B Sigauque, EV Noormahomed… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Campylobacter spp. are zoonotic bacteria that cause gastroenteritis in humans
worldwide, whose main symptom is diarrhea. In certain cases, extra intestinal manifestations …

The role of sand flies as vectors of viruses other than phleboviruses

M Jancarova, N Polanska, P Volf… - Journal of General …, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
Sand flies (Diptera: Phlebotominae) are proven vectors of various pathogens of medical and
veterinary importance. Although mostly known for their pivotal role in the transmission of …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Insect-specific viruses: an overview and their relationship to arboviruses of concern to humans and animals

VL Carvalho, MT Long - Virology, 2021 - Elsevier
The group of Insect-specific viruses (ISVs) includes viruses apparently restricted to insects
based on their inability to replicate in the vertebrates. Increasing numbers of ISVs have been …

Commensal viruses of mosquitoes: host restriction, transmission, and interaction with arboviral pathogens

RA Hall, H Bielefeldt-Ohmann… - Evolutionary …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent advances in virus detection strategies and deep sequencing technologies have
enabled the identification of a multitude of new viruses that persistently infect mosquitoes but …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic characterization, molecular epidemiology, and phylogenetic relationships of insect-specific viruses in the taxon Negevirus

MRT Nunes, MA Contreras-Gutierrez, H Guzman… - Virology, 2017 - Elsevier
The recently described taxon Negevirus is comprised of a diverse group of insect-specific
viruses isolated from mosquitoes and phlebotomine sandflies. In this study, a …

Negeviruses reduce replication of alphaviruses during coinfection

EI Patterson, TF Kautz, MA Contreras-Gutierrez… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Negeviruses are a group of insect-specific viruses (ISVs) that have been found in many
arthropods. Their presence in important vector species led us to examine their interactions …

Analysis of a new negevirus-like sequence from Bemisia tabaci unveils a potential new taxon linking nelorpi- and centiviruses

DF Quito-Avila, E Reyes-Proaño, G Armijos-Capa… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
This study presents the complete genome sequence of a novel nege-like virus identified in
whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci MEAM1), provisionally designated as whitefly negevirus 1 …

A novel insect-infecting virga/nege-like virus group and its pervasive endogenization into insect genomes

H Kondo, S Chiba, K Maruyama, IB Andika, N Suzuki - Virus research, 2019 - Elsevier
Insects are the host and vector of diverse viruses including those that infect vertebrates,
plants, and fungi. Recent wide-scale transcriptomic analyses have uncovered the existence …

Discovery of two novel negeviruses in a dungfly collected from the Arctic

G Lu, ZX Ye, YJ He, Y Zhang, X Wang, HJ Huang… - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Negeviruses are a proposed group of insect-specific viruses that can be separated into two
distinct phylogenetic clades, Nelorpivirus and Sandewavirus. Negeviruses are well-known …