Virus-derived DNA drives mosquito vector tolerance to arboviral infection

Mosquitoes tolerate long-lasting viral infections, which makes them efficient vectors for human viral diseases.

Ed Rybicki’s insight:
Now this is cool, because it has relevance to a blog post I just put up – which related to how high titres of viruses in insects and in plants remove any penalty from having multicomponent genomes!

Virus-derived DNA drives mosquito vector tolerance to arboviral infection
Source: Virology News

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