Alkhurma Hemorrhagic Fever Virus RNA in Hyalomma rufipes Ticks Infesting Migratory Birds, Europe and Asia Minor
Tove Hoffman, Mats Lindeborg, Christos Barboutis, Kiraz Erciyas-Yavuz, Magnus Evander, Thord Fransson, Jordi Figuerola, Thomas G.T. Jaenson, Yosef Kiat, Per-Eric Lindgren, Åke Lundkvist, Nahla Mohamed, Sara Moutailler, Fredrik Nyström, Björn Olsen, and Erik Salaneck
Author affiliations: Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (T. Hoffman, M. Lindeborg, T.G.T. Jaenson, Å. Lundkvist, B. Olsen, E. Salaneck); Hellenic Ornithological Society/Birdlife, Athens, Greece (C. Barboutis); Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey (K. Erciyas-Yavuz); Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden (M. Evander, N. Mohamed); Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden (T. Fransson); Estación Biológica de Doñana, Sevilla, Spain (J. Figuerola); Ciber Epidemilogía y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain (J. Figuerola); Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel (Y. Kiat); Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden (P.-E. Lindgren, F. Nyström); Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Alimentation, Maisons-Alfort, France (S. Moutailler)
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Figure 2. Nucleotide alignments of novel AHFV sequences obtained from Hyalomma marginatum sensu lato ticks (likely H. rufipes) with reference AHFV and KFDV sequences. A) Partial alignment of 5′ untranslated region of AHFV obtained from tick collected from bird in Andikíthira, Greece, 2010, with corresponding reference sequences of AHFV (GenBank accession no. JF416957) and KFDV (GenBank accession no. HM055369). B) Partial alignment of premembrane sequence of AHFV obtained from tick collected from bird in Turkey, 2014, with corresponding reference sequences of AHFV (GenBank accession no. JX914663) and KFDV (GenBank accession no. JQ434075). AHFV, Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever virus; KFDV, Kyasanur Forest disease virus.
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