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Direct Evidence for an Expanded Circulation Area of The Recently Identified Balkan Virus (Sandfly Fever Naples Virus Species) In Several Countries of The Balkan Archipelago

Ayhan, Nazlı; Alten, Bülent; Ivovic, Vladimir; Dvořák, Vit; Martinkovic, Franjo; Omeragic, Jasmin; Stefanovska, Jovana; Petric, Dusan; Vaselek, Slavica; Baymak, Devrim; Kasap, Ozge E.; Volf, Petr; Charrel, Remi N. (2017)

Background Recently, Balkan virus (BALKV, family Phenuiviridae, genus Phlebovirus) was discovered in sand flies collected in Albania and genetically characterised as a member of the Sandfly fever Naples species complex. ...

Sandfly-Borne Phleboviruses of Eurasia and Africa: Epidemiology, Genetic Diversity, Geographic Range, Control Measures

Alkan, Çiğdem; Bichaud, Laurence; de Lamballerie, Xavier; Alten, Bülent; Gould, Ernest A.; Charrel, Remi N. (Elsevier, 2013)

Sandfly-borne phleboviruses may cause a transient febrile illness (sandfly fever) or more severe neuroinvasive disease. In the Old World, they are vectored by phlebotomine flies, which are widely distributed in the ...