| 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 |
| infection of sand flies collected from different bio-geographical areas of tunisia with phleboviruses. | an entomological investigation performed in 2013 covering different bio-geographical areas varying from humid in the north to the arid in the center showed that sand flies of the subgenus larroussius including phlebotomus perniciosus, phlebotomus perfiliewi, and phlebotomus longicuspis are abundant and widely distributed in tunisia. a total of 3992 collected and pooled with up to 30 specimens per pool based on sex, trapping location and collection data were tested for the presence of phlebovirus ... | 2015 | 25255967 |