Figure 2.
Mosquito virus interactions with the host microbiota. Most experimental studies of microbiota interactions have focused on arbovirus inhibition by bacterial or viral symbionts in important mosquito vectors (represented as wide arrows). However, the rest of the interactions between microbiota and mosquito viruses were poorly studied (represented as thin arrows). Many possible interactions have never been explored experimentally (grey arrows indicate some examples), and additional studies are needed to understand the outcomes of these interactions on mosquito host and host vector competence. Nothing is known about mosquito-virus interactions with each other or the possible mechanisms of these interactions.