Profiling of RNA Viruses in Biting Midges (
<i>Ceratopogonidae</i>
) and Related Diptera from Kenya Using Metagenomics and Metabarcoding Analysis

Solomon K. Langat; Fredrick Eyase; Wallace Bulimo; Joel Lutomiah; Samuel O. Oyola; Mabel Imbuga; Rosemary Sang

doi:10.1128/mSphere.00551-21

mSphere (Oct 2021)

Profiling of RNA Viruses in Biting Midges ( <i>Ceratopogonidae</i> ) and Related Diptera from Kenya Using Metagenomics and Metabarcoding Analysis

Solomon K. Langat,
Fredrick Eyase,
Wallace Bulimo,
Joel Lutomiah,
Samuel O. Oyola,
Mabel Imbuga,
Rosemary Sang

Affiliations

Solomon K. Langat: ORCiD; Department of Biochemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
Fredrick Eyase: Institute of Biotechnology Research, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
Wallace Bulimo: Centre for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
Joel Lutomiah: Centre for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
Samuel O. Oyola: International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
Mabel Imbuga: Department of Biochemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
Rosemary Sang: Centre for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00551-21
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 5

Abstract

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The majority of the viruses that currently cause diseases in humans and animals are RNA viruses, and more specifically arthropod-transmitted viruses. They cause diseases such as dengue, West Nile infection, bluetongue disease, Schmallenberg disease, and yellow fever, among others.

Published in mSphere

ISSN: 2379-5042 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/msphere

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