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Host species drive composition of mosquito virome

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Metatranscriptomic data from more than 2,000 mosquitoes of 81 species show that the composition of mosquito viral communities is determined more by host phylogeny than by climate and land-use factors, which will help to inform arbovirus surveillance.

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Fig. 1: Relative effects of mosquito species and environmental factors on mosquito virome composition.

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