title: Genetics of War and Truce between Mosquitos and Emerging Viruses.
abstract: Arboviruses have made unexpected reappearances in recent years. Unlike viruses that undergo direct transmission, arboviruses utilize an arthropod vector (e.g., mosquitos, sandflies, and ticks) to spread throughout human populations. Here, we provide a snapshot of mosquito susceptibility to viral infection using flaviviruses, alphaviruses, and bunyaviruses as examples of emerging pathogens of global health relevance.
authors.affiliation: Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
authors.forename: Jesse
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
authors.forename: Kellie Ann
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Jurado
authors.affiliation: Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA. Electronic address: erol.fikrig@yale.edu.
authors.forename: Erol
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fikrig
mesh_terms: D000524:Alphavirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000821:virology*; D005416:Flavivirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000821:virology*; D016851:Orthobunyavirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity