No indication of arthropod-vectored viruses in mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) collected on Greenland and Svalbard

• Main Authors: Müllerová, J., Elsterová, J., Černý, J., Ditrich, O., Žárský, J., Culler, L. E., Kampen, Helge, Walther, D., Coulson, S. J., Růžek, D., Grubhoffer, L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Text; article; ddc:570; Aedes nigripes > Mosquitoes > Arbovirus > Arctic > Svalbard > Greenland; Climate change; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; Polar Biology; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://www.openagrar.de/receive/openagrar_mods_00035335; https://www.openagrar.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/openagrar_derivate_00015755/SD201839.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-017-2242-9

Viruses transmitted to vertebrates via arthropod vectors (so-called arboviruses) include many important pathogens such as dengue virus, Zika virus, and Sindbis virus. Mosquitoes represent the major vectors of many of these arboviruses and occur in all climatic zones, including the Arctic. The focal...