Antiviral systems in vector mosquitoes.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2017.12.025
Abstract: Mosquito-borne viral diseases represent a major challenge to human public health. As natural vectors of arboviruses, mosquitoes can be infected by a virus, but they have evolved multiple mechanisms to tolerate constant infection and restrict… read more here.
Keywords: immune; systems vector; infection; antiviral systems ... See more keywords
Arthropod Innate Immune Systems and Vector-Borne Diseases.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00870
Abstract: Arthropods, especially ticks and mosquitoes, are the vectors for a number of parasitic and viral human diseases, including malaria, sleeping sickness, Dengue, and Zika, yet arthropods show tremendous individual variation in their capacity to transmit… read more here.
Keywords: vector; arthropod innate; systems vector; vector borne ... See more keywords