| detection of two highly diverse peribunyaviruses in mosquitoes from palenque, mexico. | the peribunyaviridae family contains the genera orthobunyavirus, herbevirus, pacuvirus, and shangavirus. orthobunyaviruses and pacuviruses are mainly transmitted by blood-feeding insects and infect a variety of vertebrates whereas herbeviruses and shangaviruses have a host range restricted to insects. here, we tested mosquitoes from a tropical rainforest in mexico for infections with peribunyaviruses. we identified and characterized two previously unknown viruses, designated baakal virus (bkav) ... | 2019 | 31500304 |