In mosquitos, viruses fight to stand out from the crowd

Inside every mosquito is a hidden ecosystem of viruses and this may help determine which diseases they spread, according to new research published in Nature Communications .

Mosquitoes are best known for transmitting viruses like dengue, malaria and yellow fever. In a global study of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti , scientists uncovered dozens of viruses actively infecting mosquitoes across the Americas, Africa and Asia. Together, these viruses form a kind of internal ecosystem where they coexist and interact. …

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