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Volume 24, Number 12—December 2018

Historical Review

Emergent Sand Fly–Borne Phleboviruses in the Balkan Region

Nazli AyhanComments to Author  and Remi N. Charrel
Author affiliations: Unité des Virus Emergents, Marseille, France (N. Ayhan, R.N. Charrel); University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA (R.N. Charrel)

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Table

Characteristics of sand fly–borne phleboviruses in the Balkan region

Virus Taxonomy Source Virus isolation Distribution Probable vector species Human/animal infections
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.

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