Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29625404›Full record

ArticleVirology2018

Dual Insect specific virus infection limits Arbovirus replication in Aedes mosquito cells.

Michaela J Schultz, Horacio M Frydman, John H Connor

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Article in Virology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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76citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

76 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 125 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michaela J SchultzDepartment of Biology, Boston University, 5 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA 02215, United States; National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, 620 Albany St., Boston, MA 02118, United States.
Horacio M FrydmanDepartment of Biology, Boston University, 5 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA 02215, United States; National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, 620 Albany St., Boston, MA 02118, United States.
John H ConnorNational Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, 620 Albany St., Boston, MA 02118, United States; Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 East Concord St., Boston, MA 02118, United States. Electronic address: jhconnor@bu.edu.
Boston University · US

Funding

Development of Near Real-Time, Multiplexed Diagnostics for Viral Hemorrhagic FeveR01AI096159 · NIAID · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI CONNOR, JOHN H · 2011 to 2015
$4.8M
Assessment of infection route and vulnerability of neural precursor classes to Zika virusR21NS101151 · NINDS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI CONNOR, JOHN H, HAYDAR, TARIK F · 2016 to 2017
$452k
Manipulation of stem cell activity and cell death by intracellular bacteriaR56AI097589 · NIAID · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI FRYDMAN, HORACIO M · 2013 to 2013
$385k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI096159NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI097589NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS101151
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aedes mosquitoes are vectors for many pathogenic viruses. Cell culture systems facilitate the investigation of virus growth in the mosquito vector. We found Zika virus (ZIKV) growth to be consistent in A. albopictus cells but hypervariable in A. aegypti cell lines. As a potential explanation of this variability, we tested the hypothesis that our cells harbored opportunistic viruses. We screened Aedes cell lines for the presence of insect specific viruses (ISVs), Cell-fusing agent virus (CFAV) and Phasi charoen-like virus (PCLV). PCLV was present in the ZIKV-growth-variable A. aegypti cell lines but absent in A. albopictus lines, suggesting that these ISVs may interfere with ZIKV growth. In support of this hypothesis, PCLV infection of CFAV-positive A. albopictus cells inhibited the growth of ZIKV, dengue virus and La Crosse virus. These data suggest ISV infection of cell lines can impact arbovirus growth leading to significant changes in cell permissivity to arbovirus infection.

Indexed as

Viral InterferenceVirus ReplicationAedesAnimalsCell LineDengue VirusInsect VirusesLa Crosse virusZika VirusAedesArbovirusCell fusing agent virusCoinfectionInsect specific virusMosquito cell linesPhasi Charoen like virusSuperinfectionZika virus

Identifiers

PMID29625404
PMCPMC8005325
OpenAlexW2795713980

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