{"title":"Invisible vectors, visible impact: The role of eriophyoid mites in emaravirus disease dynamics","authors":"Tobiasz Druciarek , Ioannis E. Tzanetakis","doi":"10.1016/j.virol.2025.110478","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Emaraviruses are segmented, negative-sense RNA viruses that are transmitted by eriophyoid mites. Advances in virus detection and discovery have significantly improved our understanding of these viruses, yet several challenges persist. This review emphasizes the significant gaps in our knowledge of virus replication, transmission dynamics, and plant-virus-vector interactions and highlights the role of mite vectors in the epidemiology and control of emaraviruses. By bridging the knowledge gaps with advanced genomic tools such as high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics and targeted acarological research we will achieve sustainable control strategies and reduce the impact of emaravirus-caused diseases.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23666,"journal":{"name":"Virology","volume":"606 ","pages":"Article 110478"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Virology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004268222500090X","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"VIROLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Emaraviruses are segmented, negative-sense RNA viruses that are transmitted by eriophyoid mites. Advances in virus detection and discovery have significantly improved our understanding of these viruses, yet several challenges persist. This review emphasizes the significant gaps in our knowledge of virus replication, transmission dynamics, and plant-virus-vector interactions and highlights the role of mite vectors in the epidemiology and control of emaraviruses. By bridging the knowledge gaps with advanced genomic tools such as high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics and targeted acarological research we will achieve sustainable control strategies and reduce the impact of emaravirus-caused diseases.
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Launched in 1955, Virology is a broad and inclusive journal that welcomes submissions on all aspects of virology including plant, animal, microbial and human viruses. The journal publishes basic research as well as pre-clinical and clinical studies of vaccines, anti-viral drugs and their development, anti-viral therapies, and computational studies of virus infections. Any submission that is of broad interest to the community of virologists/vaccinologists and reporting scientifically accurate and valuable research will be considered for publication, including negative findings and multidisciplinary work.Virology is open to reviews, research manuscripts, short communication, registered reports as well as follow-up manuscripts.