Mosquito-specific and mosquito-borne viruses: evolution, infection, and host defense

Current Opinion in Insect Science

Volumn 22, Issue , 2017, Pages 16-27

  Halbach, Rebecca ^a   Junglen, Sandra ^b,c   van Rij, Ronald P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF)   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARBOVIRUS; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MOSQUITO; MOSQUITO VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; VERTEBRATE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARBOVIRUSES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CULICIDAE; MOSQUITO VECTORS; VERTEBRATES; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 85019580158     PISSN: 22145745     EISSN: 22145753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2017.05.004     Document Type: Review

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