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Diagram showing the essential components of the mosquito exo-siRNA pathway that is the major anti-viral immune response: long virus-specific dsRNA, which serves as the PAMP; Dicer 2 (Dicer), which serves as the PRR; R2D2, the dsRNA-binding protein; Argonaute 2 (Ago2), which acts as effector in cleaving target viral mRNA.
