Everyone is at risk of mosquito bites during mosquito season! According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, no vaccines or medications are available for most viruses spread by mosquitoes. Researchers at the University of Missouri are trying to stop the spread of mosquito viruses by studying the molecular interactions of arthropod-borne (arbo)viruses, such as chikungunya and Zika viruses. The goal to develop novel strategies for interrupting the viral disease cycle in the insect. This could one day take the virus out of the mosquito’s bite by inhibiting the genes involved with the release of the virus from within the mosquito’s stomach, preventing future transmission of mosquito-borne diseases.
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