| sandfly fever viruses in italy. | two serologically distinct agents, the sandfly fever sicilian and the sandfly fever naples viruses, were isolated by sabin from blood samples taken during an italian epidemic of febrile illness. since then, several different viruses have been isolated from sandflies and/or humans in both the old and new world. toscana virus, a new virus closely antigenically related to sandfly fever naples virus, was isolated in 1971 from the sandfly phlebotomus perniciosus in italy. extensive studies on the imp ... | 1996 | 8800804 |
| punique virus, a novel phlebovirus, related to sandfly fever naples virus, isolated from sandflies collected in tunisia. | sandflies are widely distributed around the mediterranean basin. therefore, human populations in this area are potentially exposed to sandfly-transmitted diseases, including those caused by phleboviruses. whilst there are substantial data in countries located in the northern part of the mediterranean basin, few data are available for north africa. in this study, a total of 1489 sandflies were collected in 2008 in tunisia from two sites, bioclimatically distinct, located 235 km apart, and identif ... | 2010 | 20089800 |
| massilia virus, a novel phlebovirus (bunyaviridae) isolated from sandflies in the mediterranean. | a new virus was isolated from three independent pools of phlebotomus perniciosus sandflies (diptera; psychodidae) trapped in two regions of southeastern france, located 90 miles apart. microscopic, antigenic and genetic analyses indicate that this novel virus belongs to the genus phlebovirus in the family bunyaviridae. the new virus is designated massilia virus since the first isolate was obtained from sandflies collected in the suburban area of marseille. the complete genome sequence was determ ... | 2009 | 19055373 |