Zika virus alters the microRNA expression profile and elicits an RNAi response in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

• Miguel A. Saldaña ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Miguel A. Saldaña, Kayvan Etebari

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

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• Kayvan Etebari ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Miguel A. Saldaña, Kayvan Etebari

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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• Charles E. Hart,

  Roles Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

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• Steven G. Widen,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

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• Thomas G. Wood,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

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• Saravanan Thangamani,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Center for Tropical Diseases, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease. University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

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• Sassan Asgari ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: s.asgari@uq.edu.edu (SA); glhughes@utmb.edu (GLH)

  Affiliation Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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• Grant L. Hughes

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: s.asgari@uq.edu.edu (SA); glhughes@utmb.edu (GLH)

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Center for Tropical Diseases, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease. University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7567-7185

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