MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Viral and bacterial plant pathogens suppress antiviral defense against flaviviruses in their insect vectors
Adriana E. Larrea-Sarmiento, Alejandro Olmedo-Velarde, Michael West-Ortiz…·Michelle Lynn Heck
The paper identifies a new insect-specific flavivirus in aphids and shows that plant pathogens like PLRV and CLas suppress insect antiviral immunity against related viruses.
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