Non-retroviral Endogenous Viral Element Acts as a Stable Antiviral Regulator Across Mosquito Life Stages and Generations
Yasutsugu Suzuki, Artem Baidaliuk, Y. Sekii, Irish Coleen A. Asin, Pascal Miesen, Matthieu Prot, Louis Lambrechts, Etienne Simon‐Lorière, Kozo Watanabe
This study shows that a non-retroviral EVE suppresses viral replication in mosquitoes across life stages and generations but does not affect survival or reproduction.
bioRxiv · Jul 22, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology