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Yada Yada Virus

January 20 , 2020 1773 days 897 0
  • A new virus detected in Australian mosquitoes has been provisionally named the Yada Yada virus (YYV).
  • It is an alphavirus, a group of viruses that the researchers described as small, single-stranded positive-sense RNA viruses.
  • It includes species important to human and animal health, such as Chikungunya virus and Eastern equine encephalitis virus.
  • They are transmitted primarily by mosquitoes and (are) pathogenic in their vertebrate hosts.
  • Unlike some other alphaviruses, Yada Yada does not pose a threat to human beings.

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