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    Host serum iron modulates dengue virus acquisition by mosquitoes

    A blood meal is the primary route through which mosquitoes acquire an arbovirus infection. Blood components or their metabolites may regulate the susceptibility of mosquitoes to arboviruses. Here we report tha...

    Yibin Zhu, Liangqin Tong, Kaixiao Nie, Itsanun Wiwatanaratanabutr in Nature Microbiology (2019)

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    Flavivirus NS1 protein in infected host sera enhances viral acquisition by mosquitoes

    The arbovirus life cycle involves viral transfer between a vertebrate host and an arthropod vector, and acquisition of virus from an infected mammalian host by a vector is an essential step in this process. He...

    Jianying Liu, Yang Liu, Kaixiao Nie, Senyan Du, **gjun Qiu in Nature Microbiology (2016)