Phlebovirus and Leishmania detection in sandflies from eastern Thrace and northern Cyprus

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ergunay, Koray ^a   Kasap, Ozge Erisoz ^a   Orsten, Serra ^a   Oter, Kerem ^b   Gunay, Filiz ^a   Yoldar, Ayse Zeynep Akkutay ^c   Dincer, Ender ^d   Alten, Bulent ^a   Ozkul, Aykut ^c  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Leishmania; Phlebovirus; Sandfly; Toscana virus; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRUS; DNA BARCODING; EDIRNE VIRUS; FEMALE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIRNE 1 VIRUS; GIRNE 2 VIRUS; LAROUSSIUS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERFILIEWI; PHLEBOTOMUS TOBBI; PHLEBOVIRUS; PHLEOBOTOMUS JACUSIELI; SANDFLY FEVER SICILIAN VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERGENTOMYIA; SERGENTOMYIA AZIZI; SERGENTOMYIA MINUTA; TOSCANA VIRUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHYLOGENY; TURKEY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CYPRUS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; TURKEY;

EID: 84989203038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-014-0575-6     Document Type: Article

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