Viral RNA intermediates as targets for detection and discovery of novel and emerging mosquito-borne viruses.

• Main Authors: Caitlin A O'Brien (Author), Jody Hobson-Peters (Author), Alice Wei Yee Yam (Author), Agathe M G Colmant (Author), Breeanna J McLean (Author), Natalie A Prow (Author), Daniel Watterson (Author), Sonja Hall-Mendelin (Author), David Warrilow (Author), Mah-Lee Ng (Author), Alexander A Khromykh (Author), Roy A Hall (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mosquito-borne viruses encompass a range of virus families, comprising a number of significant human pathogens (e.g., dengue viruses, West Nile virus, Chikungunya virus). Virulent strains of these viruses are continually evolving and expanding their geographic range, thus rapid and sensitive screeni...