Emergence Risks from Within? Metagenomic Analysis of Mosquito Viromes from Two Zoos Reveals Mosquito-associated Orthobunyaviruses in the UK
Jack Pilgrim, Nicola Seechurn, Edward Cunningham-Oakes, Lisa Gillespie, Phillipa Dobbs, Javier Lopez, Alain Kohl, Grant L. Hughes, Marcus S. C. Blagrove, Matthew Baylis, Alistair C. Darby
The paper analyzes mosquito viromes from UK zoos using metagenomics, identifying two novel Orthobunyaviruses, including one potentially arbovirus.
Virology Journal · Sep 17, 2026Peer-reviewedGenomics