Sentences with phrase «borne flaviviruses»
Birds have been implicated as important hosts for other tick - borne flaviviruses, including Louping Ill virus [40] and TBEV [41].
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Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito - borne flavivirus with homology to Dengue virus (DENV), has become a public health emergency.
Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito borne flavivirus is a pathogen affecting humans in Asia and Africa.
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The research, published and featured in the Spot Light section of the December edition of the Journal of Virology, examines a previously unknown connection between flaviviruses — a classification of viruses that include West Nile virus, Dengue virus and tick - borne encephalitis virus — and organelles (a specialized subunit within a cell) known as peroxisomes that help coordinate the body's immune responses.
«We worked on the dengue virus 20 years ago, and when Zika popped up in the news, we knew immediately that the two mosquito - borne viruses were related members of the flavivirus family,» Robert Linhardt, Ph.D., says.
The researchers say the culture model will greatly increase knowledge about how flaviviruses infect ticks and could become a tool to evaluate medical countermeasures against tick - borne viruses.
Flaviviruses are the cause of diseases spread by mosquitoes (e.g., dengue fever and West Nile fever) and by ticks (e.g., Powassan virus disease and tick - borne encephalitis).
Genomic sequencing of the isolated virus revealed that it is closely related to Tembusu virus (a mosquito - borne Ntaya group flavivirus), with 87 — 91 % nucleotide identity of the partial E (envelope) proteins to that of Tembusu virus and 72 % of the entire genome coding sequence with Bagaza virus, the most closely related flavivirus with an entirely sequenced genome.