A neuron-specific antiviral mechanism prevents lethal flaviviral infection of mosquitoes

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• who: Xiaoping Xiao et al. from the Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's have published the article: A Neuron-Specific Antiviral Mechanism Prevents Lethal Flaviviral Infection of Mosquitoes, in the Journal: (JOURNAL) of April/27,/2015
• what: The authors report that an Aedes aegypti homologue of the neural factor Hikaru genki (AaHig) efficiently restricts flavivirus infection of the central nervous system. Little is known about the resistant in viral infection of Here the authors report that factor specifically controls flaviviral replication in the mosquito nervous system by interfering . . .
  

   

  

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