| molecular and serological evidence for the presence of novel phleboviruses in sandflies from northern algeria. | during summer 2007, a total of 785 phlebotomine flies were trapped in northern algeria, identified morphologically, organised as monospecific pools and tested for the presence of phlebovirus rna using degenerate primers. three pools were positive, and the corresponding pcr products were cloned and sequenced. viral sequences corresponding to two phleboviruses distinct from each other were detected in sandflies circulating in two close locations (140 km apart) in northern algeria. the 3 sequences ... | 2010 | 20563287 |
| phenology and host preferences phlebotomus perniciosus (diptera: phlebotominae) in a focus of toscana virus (tosv) in south of france. | this paper reports on an entomological survey performed over the period 2009-2011 in endemic focus of peri-urban tosv in south of france located from 24km east of marseille. sand flies were captured using cdc light traps set in sand fly resting places overnight, and temperature, relative humidity and wind were recorded to establish possible relations between meteorological factors and vector densities. the most common species, of 5,432 specimens collected and identified, was phlebotomus pernicio ... | 2016 | 26477847 |
| diversity of phlebotomus perniciosus in provence, southeastern france: detection of two putative new phlebovirus sequences. | 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 in france. to study the diversity of the sand fly population living in the southeast ... | 2013 | 23705585 |