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.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Agathe M G Colmant, Sonja Hall-Mendelin, Scott A Ritchie, Helle Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Jessica J Harrison, Natalee D Newton, Caitlin A O'Brien, Chris Cazier, Cheryl A Johansen, Jody Hobson-Peters, Roy A Hall, Andrew F van den Hurk
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Cape York
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006886; https://doaj.org/article/0b00c39c7723477da7d1dad3b87d4eb6

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...