| granada virus: a natural phlebovirus reassortant of the sandfly fever naples serocomplex with low seroprevalence in humans. | a new member of the phlebovirus genus, tentatively named granada virus, was detected in sandflies collected in spain. by showing the presence of specific neutralizing antibodies in human serum collected in granada, we show that granada virus infects humans. the analysis of the complete genome of granada virus revealed that this agent is likely to be a natural reassortant of the recently described massilia virus (donor of the long and short segments) with a yet unidentified phlebovirus (donor of ... | 2010 | 20889862 |
| characterization of the sandfly fever naples species complex and description of a new karimabad species complex (genus phlebovirus, family bunyaviridae). | genomic and antigenic characterization of members of the sandfly fever naples virus (sfnv) complex reveals the presence of five clades that differ in their geographical distribution. saint floris and gordil viruses, both found in africa, form one clade; punique, granada and massilia viruses, all isolated in the western mediterranean, constitute a second; toscana virus, a third; sfnv isolates from italy, cyprus, egypt and india form a fourth; while tehran virus and a serbian isolate yu 8/76, repr ... | 2013 | 24096318 |
| clinic-epidemiologic study of human infection by granada virus, a new phlebovirus within the sandfly fever naples serocomplex. | granada virus (grv), a new phlebovirus within the naples serocomplex, has been recently described in phlebotomine sandflies from spain. the presence of anti-grv immunoglobulin g (igg) antibodies was investigated by indirect fluorescence assay (ifa) and neutralization test (nt) in 920 serum samples from the granada population. by ifa, an overall grv seroprevalence of 15.8% (n = 145) was observed, significantly increasing up to 65 years. nt was positive in 18% of anti-grv ifa-positive samples. igg ... | 2013 | 23419365 |
| 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 |
| 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 |