How Mosquitoes Avoid Succumbing To Viruses They Transmit
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 - 14:21
in Biology & Nature
Mosquitoes can spread viruses which cause disease without themselves getting sick. Scientists long thought that the mosquito didn't care whether it had a virus hitchhiker, but have now discovered, "there is a war going on" at the cellular level, between the host and invading RNA -- the strands of code that produce different kinds of viral proteins.
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