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Characterisation of the virome of Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) a vector of bluetongue virus in Australia Open Access

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A metatranscriptomics study of a dominant bluetongue virus vector, from Australia, identified 10 complete/near-complete viral genomes including 7 novel species.

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spp., a common biting midge genus, are haematophagous insects that can transmit pathogens to humans and other animals. Some species transmit arboviruses, including bluetongue virus, epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus, African horse sickness virus and Schmallenberg virus to vertebrates, which can be detrimental to livestock and wild animals. spp. can also have a diversity of insect-specific viruses (ISVs) that can only be transmitted between insects and others related to known arboviruses. For and other spp. in Australia, the virome is largely unexplored. We used high-throughput sequencing to characterise the virome of collected from Casino, New South Wales, Australia. For virus detection, the total RNA was extracted from pools of followed by rRNA depletion and Illumina short-read-based RNA sequencing. The reads were quality-checked, filtered and assembled into contigs, compared with the non-redundant protein and conserved domain databases for viral detection and genome organisation, respectively. The phylogenetic analysis was used to further characterise the viruses. We detected new virus diversity including ten viruses belonging to eight different families with complete or near-complete coding regions. Seven of these were novel virus species belonging to the families: , , , , and . In addition, the novel virus should also be considered part of a new genus. Whilst most of the detected viruses grouped into families with viruses that can infect insects, animals or both, the novel species of was closely related to an economically important plant pathogen, the sugarcane yellow leaf virus. Our quantitative PCR-based screening confirmed the absence of any endosymbiont within the collected samples. Furthermore, we detected fragments of three more virus families known to infect fungi and plants. The detection of potential arboviruses and ISVs in spp. is important in understanding virus epidemiology.

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Keyword(s): arbovirus , Culicoides , insect-specific virus , RNA virus and vector
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This study was supported by the:
  • CSIRO
    • Principal Award Recipient: StephenR Sharpe
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Characterisation of the virome of Culicoides brevitarsis Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), a vector of bluetongue virus in Australia
J. Gen. Virol. 106, 002076 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.002076
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