The recently identified flavivirus Bamaga virus is transmitted horizontally by Culex mosquitoes and interferes with West Nile virus replication in vitro and transmission in vivo.

• Main Authors: Agathe M G Colmant (Author), Sonja Hall-Mendelin (Author), Scott A Ritchie (Author), Helle Bielefeldt-Ohmann (Author), Jessica J Harrison (Author), Natalee D Newton (Author), Caitlin A O'Brien (Author), Chris Cazier (Author), Cheryl A Johansen (Author), Jody Hobson-Peters (Author), Roy A Hall (Author), Andrew F van den Hurk (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Arthropod-borne flaviviruses such as yellow fever (YFV), Zika and dengue viruses continue to cause significant human disease globally. These viruses are transmitted by mosquitoes when a female imbibes an infected blood-meal from a viremic vertebrate host and expectorates the virus into a subsequent...