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Researchers Discovering New Mosquito-Specific Viruses

April 28, 2026

Boston University researcher insights may apply to combatting arbovirus diseases like fevers from dengue, Zika and chikungunya virus infections in humans.

Read this story at the Boston University Medical School

Publication:

Gupta, S., Sharma, R., Williams, A.E. et al. (2026), Small RNA genomics of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes discovers infectious viruses that trigger an RNA interference response, Nat Commun, doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-71964-1

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