Presence of sandfly-borne phleboviruses of two antigenic complexes (Sandfly fever Naples virus and Sandfly fever Sicilian virus) in two different bio-geographical regions of Tunisia demonstrated by a microneutralisation-based seroprevalence study in dogs

Presence of sandfly-borne phleboviruses of two antigenic complexes (Sandfly fever Naples virus and Sandfly fever Sicilian virus) in two different bio-geographical regions of Tunisia demonstrated by a microneutralisation-based seroprevalence study in dogs

Abstract Background Sandfly-borne phleboviruses are present in North Africa where they can infect humans in regions where Leishmania infantum, the causative agent of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis in the Western Mediterranean basin is present affecting both humans and dogs. We investigated the capa...

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Main Authors: Sonia Sakhria, Sulaf Alwassouf, Wasfi Fares, Laurence Bichaud, Khalil Dachraoui, Cigdem Alkan, Ziad Zoghlami, Xavier de Lamballerie, Elyes Zhioua, Remi N Charrel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-10-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Phleboviruses
Toscana virus
Sand flies
Dogs
Sentinels
Emerging
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-014-0476-8

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-014-0476-8

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