RESEARCH ARTICLE Re-assessing the diversity of negative strand RNA viruses in insects 1,2☯ 1☯ 3¤ 4 Simon KaÈferID , Sofia ParaskevopoulouID , Florian Zirkel , Nicolas Wieseke , 2 5 1,6 7 8,9 Alexander DonathID , Malte PetersenID , Terry C. JonesID , Shanlin LiuID , Xin ZhouID , 4 1,10 2 1,10 Martin MiddendorfID , Sandra JunglenID *, Bernhard Misof *, Christian Drosten * 1 Institute of Virology, ChariteÂ-UniversitaÈtsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Free University, Humboldt- University and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany, 2 Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany, 3 Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany, 4 Swarm Intelligence and Complex Systems Group, Department of a1111111111 Computer Science, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany, 5 Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberg Gesellschaft fuÈr Naturforschung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 6 Center for Pathogen a1111111111 Evolution, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 7 BGI-Shenzhen, a1111111111 China Beishan Industrial Zone, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, 8 College of Food Science and a1111111111 Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, 9 Beijing Advanced Innovation Center a1111111111 for Food Nutrition and Human Health, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, 10 German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), associated partner site ChariteÂ, Berlin, Germany ☯ These authors contributed equally to this work. ¤ Current address: Biotest AG, Dreieich, Germany *
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[email protected] (CD) OPEN ACCESS Citation: KaÈfer S, Paraskevopoulou S, Zirkel F, Wieseke N, Donath A, Petersen M, et al. (2019) Re- Abstract assessing the diversity of negative strand RNA viruses in insects.