Volume 24, Number 12—December 2018
Historical Review
Emergent Sand Fly–Borne Phleboviruses in the Balkan Region
Table
Characteristics of sand fly–borne phleboviruses in the Balkan region
Virus | Taxonomy | Source | Virus isolation | Distribution | Probable vector species | Human/animal infections |
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Sand fly fever Naples virus* | Sandfly fever Naples virus species | Field-collected sand flies | Yes, sand fly pools | Serbia | P. perfiliewi | Yes |
Corfu virus | Sandfly fever Sicilian virus species† | Field-collected sand flies | Yes, sand fly pools | Greece | P. neglectus | Probable |
Adria virus | Salahabad virus species | Field-collected sand flies, patient blood | No, partial L segment sequence available | Albania, Greece | Phlebotomus spp. | Yes |
Balkan virus | Sandfly fever Naples virus species | Field-collected sand flies | No, partial L and S segment sequences available | Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia | P. neglectus | Unknown |
Bregalaka virus | Salahabad virus species | Field-collected sand flies | Yes, sandfly pools | Republic of Macedonia | P. perfiliewi | Unknown |
Zaba virus | Salahabad virus species | Field-collected sand flies | Yes, sandfly pools | Croatia | P. neglectus | Unknown |
Toscana virus | Sandfly fever Naples virus species | Field collected sand-flies, CSF | No, partial L and S segment sequences available | Croatia, Greece | P. neglectus | Yes |
*Yug Bogdanovac virus strain Yu 4/76.
†Tentative species.