Molecular evidence indicates that Phlebotomus major sensu lato (Diptera: Psychodidae) is the vector species of the recently-identified sandfly fever sicilian virus variant: Sandfly fever Turkey virus

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 690-698

  Ergunay, Koray ^a   Erisoz Kasap, Ozge ^a   Kocak Tufan, Zeliha ^b   Turan, Mahur H ^c   Ozkul, Aykut ^c   Alten, Bulent ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Phlebovirus; Sandfly fever Sicilian virus; Turkey; Vector

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BUNYAVIRUS; DNA BARCODING; FEMALE; LARROUSIUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS HALEPENSIS; PHLEBOTOMUS MAJOR SENSU LATO; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERFILIEWI PERFILIEWI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PHLEBOTOMUS SIMICI; PHLEBOTOMUS TOBBI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANDFLY FEVER TURKEY VIRUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS CARRIER;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS FEVER; PHLEBOVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TURKEY;

EID: 84864973537     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0927     Document Type: Article

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