Zika virus alters the microRNA expression profile and elicits an RNAi response in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.

• Main Authors: Miguel A Saldaña (Author), Kayvan Etebari (Author), Charles E Hart (Author), Steven G Widen (Author), Thomas G Wood (Author), Saravanan Thangamani (Author), Sassan Asgari (Author), Grant L Hughes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Zika virus (ZIKV), a flavivirus transmitted primarily by Aedes aegypti, has recently spread globally in an unprecedented fashion, yet we have a poor understanding of host-microbe interactions in this system. To gain insights into the interplay between ZIKV and the mosquito, we sequenced the small RN...