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ArticleBMC microbiology2020

A survey of RNA viruses in mosquitoes from Mozambique reveals novel genetic lineages of flaviviruses and phenuiviruses, as well as frequent flavivirus-like viral DNA forms in Mansonia.

Ana Paula Abílio, Manuel Silva, Ayubo Kampango, Inácio Narciso, Eduardo Samo Gudo, Luís Carlos Bernardo das Neves, Mohsin Sidat, José Manuel Fafetine, António Paulo Gouveia de Almeida, Ricardo Parreira

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Article in BMC microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Ana Paula AbílioInstituto Nacional de Saúde (INS)-Ministry of Health (MISAU), Vila de Marracuene, Estrada Nacional N°1, Parcela N°3943, P.O. Box: 264, Maputo, Mozambique. anabilio1408@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-3652-1329
Manuel SilvaUnidade de Microbiologia Médica, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT)/Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA), and Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM) Research Centre, Lisbon, Portugal.
Ayubo KampangoInstituto Nacional de Saúde (INS)-Ministry of Health (MISAU), Vila de Marracuene, Estrada Nacional N°1, Parcela N°3943, P.O. Box: 264, Maputo, Mozambique.
Inácio NarcisoUnidade de Parasitologia Médica, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT)/Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA), and Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM) Research Centre, Lisbon, Portugal.
Eduardo Samo GudoInstituto Nacional de Saúde (INS)-Ministry of Health (MISAU), Vila de Marracuene, Estrada Nacional N°1, Parcela N°3943, P.O. Box: 264, Maputo, Mozambique.
Luís Carlos Bernardo das NevesFaculty of Veterinary Sciences Pretoria, University of Pretoria (UP), Pretoria, South Africa.
Mohsin SidatFaculty of Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), Maputo, Mozambique.
José Manuel FafetineFaculty of Veterinary, Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), Maputo, Mozambique.
António Paulo Gouveia de AlmeidaUnidade de Parasitologia Médica, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT)/Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA), and Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM) Research Centre, Lisbon, Portugal.
Ricardo ParreiraUnidade de Microbiologia Médica, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT)/Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA), and Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM) Research Centre, Lisbon, Portugal.
Universidade Nova de Lisboa · PTEduardo Mondlane University · MZInstituto Nacional de Saúde · MZUniversity of Pretoria · ZA

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMosquito-borne diseases involving arboviruses represent expanding threats to sub-Saharan Africa imposing as considerable burden to human and veterinary public health. In Mozambique over one hundred species of potential arbovirus mosquito vectors have been identified, although their precise role in maintaining such viruses in circulation in the country remains to be elucidated. The aim of this study was to screen for the presence of flaviviruses, alphaviruses and bunyaviruses in mosquitoes from different regions of Mozambique.

resultsOur survey analyzed 14,519 mosquitoes, and the results obtained revealed genetically distinct insect-specific flaviviruses, detected in multiple species of mosquitoes from different genera. In addition, smaller flavivirus-like NS5 sequences, frequently detected in Mansonia seemed to correspond to defective viral sequences, present as viral DNA forms. Furthermore, three lineages of putative members of the Phenuiviridae family were also detected, two of which apparently corresponding to novel viral genetic lineages.

conclusionThis study reports for the first-time novel insect-specific flaviviruses and novel phenuiviruses, as well as frequent flavivirus-like viral DNA forms in several widely known vector species. This unique work represents recent investigation of virus screening conducted in mosquitoes from Mozambique and an important contribution to inform the establishment of a vector control program for arbovirus in the country and in the region.

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AlphavirusAnimalsArbovirusesBunyaviridaeCell LineCulicidaeDNA, ViralFlavivirusMosquito VectorsMozambiquePhylogenyRNA, ViralRNA VirusesViral ProteinsDNA, ViralRNA, ViralViral ProteinsBunyavirusesFlavivirusesMosquitoesMozambiquePhylogenetic analysisViral DNA forms

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PMID32723369
PMCPMC7385898
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