Characterization of a Novel RNA Virus Discovered in the Autumnal Moth Epirrita autumnata in Sweden

• Published in: Viruses
• Main Authors: Joachim R. de Miranda, Harald Hedman, Piero Onorati, Jörg Stephan, Olof Karlberg, Helena Bylund, Olle Terenius
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2017
• Subjects: Epirrita autumnata; autumnal moth; Abisko virus; negevirus; Operophtera brumata; outbreak mortality; Microbiology; QR1-502; Abisko; Fennoscandia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/v9080214; https://doaj.org/article/acc7a94ef72e456bafcaed66f4947e64

A novel, 10 kb RNA virus—tentatively named ‘Abisko virus’—was discovered in the transcriptome data of a diseased autumnal moth (Epirrita autumnata) larva, as part of a search for the possible causes of the cyclical nature and mortality associated with geometrid moth dynamics and outbreaks in norther...