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Exploiting Insect-specific Viruses as a Novel Strategy to Control Vector-borne Disease by Patterson, Edward I; Villinger, Jandouwe; Muthoni, Joseph N; Dobel-Ober, Lucien; Hughes, Grant L is a Agricultural and Biological Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.

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Novel insect-specific viruses (ISVs) are being discovered in many important vectors due to advances in sequencing technology and a growing awareness of the virome. Several in vitro and in vivo studies indicate that ISVs are capable of modulating pathogenic arboviruses. In addition, there is growing evidence that both vertical and horizonal transmission strategies maintain ISVs in vector populations. As such there is potential to exploit ISVs for stand-alone vector control strategies and deploying them in synergy with other symbiont control approaches such as Wolbachia-mediated control. However, before the applied potential can be realized, a greater understanding of their basic biology is required, including their species range, ability to be maintained and transmitted in native and non-native vector hosts, and the effect of infection on a range of pathogens.

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Author

Patterson, Edward I; Villinger, Jandouwe; Muthoni, Joseph N; Dobel-Ober, Lucien; Hughes, Grant L

Publisher

Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 2214-5745)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)