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

• Published in: Viruses
• Main Authors: de Miranda, Joachim R., Hedman, Harald, Onorati, Piero, Stephan, Jörg, Karlberg, Olof, Bylund, Helena, Terenius, Olle
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2017
• Subjects: Communication; Abisko; Fennoscandia
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5580471/; https://doi.org/10.3390/v9080214

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...