Comparative genomics shows that viral integrations are abundant and express piRNAs in the arboviral vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus

Table 1 Number of viral integrations (NIRVS) detected for each of the viral families tested across the 22 mosquito genomes. A total of 424 non-retroviral RNA viruses with complete genomes were analyzed. The genome of African swine fever virus, the only known DNA arbovirus was also included in the analyses, but no NIRVS were found for this virus. Mosquito species and viral families for which NIRVS were detected are in bold

	Families of tested non-retroviral RNA viruses (N. species)
Mosquito species	Toga^a (24)	Flavi^a (92)	Bunya^a (59)	Reo^a (70)	Orthomyxo^a (4)	Rhabdo^a (93)	Borna (6)	Filo (8)	Nyami (4)	Paramyxo (64)
Aedes aegypti	0	32	1	1	0	88	0	0	0	0
Aedes albopictus	0	30	0	0	0	42	0	0	0	0
Culex quinquefasciatus	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Anopheles christy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anopheles gambiae	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anopheles coluzzi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anopheles arabiensis	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Anopheles melas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anopheles merus	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Anopheles quadrianulatus	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Anopheles epiroticus	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
Anopheles stephensi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anopheles maculatus	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Anopheles culicifacies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anopheles minimus	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Anopheles funestus	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0
Anopheles dirus	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Anopheles farauti	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
Anopheles atroparvus	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
Anopheles sinensis	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Anopheles albimanus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anopheles darlingi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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