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- - Three new insect-specific flaviviruses, named La Tina, Kampung Karu, and Long Pine Key, were discovered in mosquitoes from Peru, Malaysia, and the U.S. respectively.
- - These viruses show closer similarities to mosquito-borne flavivirus pathogens rather than traditional insect-specific viruses.
- - The study discusses the potential implications of these findings and the possible applications of these and similar arbovirus-related insect-specific flaviviruses.
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Three novel insect-specific flaviviruses, isolated from mosquitoes collected in Peru, Malaysia (Sarawak), and the United States, are characterized. The new viruses, designated La Tina, Kampung Karu, and Long Pine Key, respectively, are antigenically and phylogenetically more similar to the mosquito-borne flavivirus pathogens, than to the classical insect-specific viruses like cell fusing agent and flavivirus. The potential implications of this relationship and the possible uses of these and other arbovirus-related insect-specific flaviviruses are reviewed.
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