Mireia Puig-Torrents

This study shows that arboviruses like CHIKV and ZIKV persist in mosquito cells by repressing viral RNA translation without overtly altering host translation, suggesting a general RNAi-independent mechanism.

The paper investigates how arboviruses like chikungunya virus maintain persistent infections in mosquito cells through translational repression of viral RNA without affecting host cell fitness.

The paper investigates m6A modification in viral RNA genomes and finds no evidence of m6A in CHIKV or DENV transcripts using multiple orthogonal methods.