The market for biological control of insect pests in the world and in Brazil has grown in recent years due to the unwanted ecological and human health impacts of chemical insecticides. Therefore, research on biological control agents for pest management has also increased. For instance, insect viruses have been used to protect crops and forests around the world for decades. Among insect viruses, the baculoviruses are the most studied and used viral biocontrol agent. More than 700 species of insects have been found to be naturally infected by baculoviruses, with 90% isolated from lepidopteran insects. In this review, some basic aspects of baculovirus infection in vivo and in vitro infection, gene content, viral replication will be discussed. Furthermore, we provide examples of the use of insect viruses for biological pest control and recently characterized baculoviruses in Brazil.

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新热带中的致病性病毒：现状和最近发现的物种。

近年来，由于化学杀虫剂对生态和人类健康的不良影响，全世界和巴西的虫害生物防治市场都在增长。因此，用于害虫管理的生物防治剂的研究也增加了。例如，几十年来，昆虫病毒已被用于保护世界各地的农作物和森林。在昆虫病毒中，杆状病毒是研究最多的病毒生物控制剂。已经发现700多种昆虫被杆状病毒自然感染，其中90％是从鳞翅目昆虫中分离出来的。在这篇综述中，杆状病毒在体内和体外感染的一些基本方面，基因含量，病毒复制将被讨论。此外，我们提供了使用昆虫病毒进行生物害虫防治和最近在巴西鉴定出的杆状病毒实例。