Toscana virus isolated from sandflies, Morocco

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Es Sette, Nargys ^a,b   Ajaoud, Malika ^a   Anga, Latifa ^a   Mellouki, Fouad ^b   Lemrani, Meryem ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur du Maroc   (Morocco)

^b HASSAN II UNIVERSITY OF CASABLANCA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Morocco; Phlebotomus longicuspis; Phlebotomus sergenti; Sandflies; Toscana virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOROCCO; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TOSCANA VIRUS; VERO CELL LINE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; INSECT VECTOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE;

PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS LONGICUSPIS; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PHLEBOVIRUS; TOSCANA VIRUS;

ANIMALS; INSECT VECTORS; MOROCCO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 84928538245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0826-1     Document Type: Article

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