Modeling cellular co-infection and reassortment of bluetongue virus in Culicoides midges
S. M. Cavany, C. Barbera, M. Carpenter, C. Rodgers, M. D. M. Stenglein, C. Mayo, A. Perkins
The paper develops mathematical models to study bluetongue virus reassortment in Culicoides midges, finding that small fitness differences between strains significantly affect reassortant frequency.
bioRxiv · Jun 3, 2022Microbiology