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Diversity of Phlebotomus perniciosus in Provence, southeastern France: Detection of two putative new phlebovirus sequences.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Sept 2013
Peyrefitte Christophe N, Grandadam Marc, Bessaud Maël, Andry Pierre-Emmanuel, Fouque Florence, Caro Valérie, Diancourt Laure, Schuffenecker Isabelle, Pagès Frédéric, Tolou Hugues, Zeller Hervé, Depaquit Jérôme
Abstract excerpt
Phlebotomine sand flies are known to transmit Leishmania, bacteria, and viruses that affect humans and animals in many countries worldwide. Sand fly-borne viruses belong mainly to the Phlebovirus, Vesiculovirus, and Orbivirus genera, and some of them are associated with outbreaks or sporadic human cases in the Mediterranean Europe. Up to now, Toscana virus is the only phlebovirus of medical importance identified...
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