| genetic characterization of arrabida virus, a novel phlebovirus isolated in south portugal. | in order to detect phleboviruses' natural infection in sandflies, an entomological survey was carried out, from may to october in 2007 and 2008, in arrábida region in the south of portugal. the isolation of a new phlebovirus was achieved after inoculation of a sandfly pool homogenate in vero e6 cells. based on the phylogenetic analysis of the complete genome sequences from the small, medium and large, segments obtained with next generation sequencing, we can assume that the new phlebovirus, prov ... | 2016 | 26795868 |
| phleboviruses detection in phlebotomus perniciosus from a human leishmaniasis focus in south-west madrid region, spain. | phlebotomus-borne (phb-) viruses are distributed in large areas of the old world and are widespread throughout the mediterranean basin, where recent investigations have indicated that virus diversity is higher than initially suspected. some of these viruses are causes of meningitis, encephalitis and febrile illnesses. in order to monitor the viral presence and the infection rate of phb-viruses in a recently identified and well characterized human zoonotic leishmaniasis focus in southwestern madr ... | 2016 | 27075742 |