flanders hapavirus in western north america. | flanders virus (flav; family rhabdoviridae) is a mosquito-borne hapavirus with no known pathology that is frequently isolated during arbovirus surveillance programs. here, we document the presence of flav in culex tarsalis mosquitoes and a canada goose (branta canadensis) collected in western north america, outside of the currently recognized range of flav. until now, flav-like viruses detected in the western united states were assumed to be hart park virus (hpv, family rhabdoviridae), a closely ... | 2018 | 30159683 |