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Review
. 1991 Dec:33 Suppl:143-50.

Phlebotomine sand flies as vectors of vesiculoviruses: a review

J A Comer  1 , R B Tesh
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  • PMID: 1668680
Review

Phlebotomine sand flies as vectors of vesiculoviruses: a review

J A Comer et al. Parassitologia. 1991 Dec.

Abstract

Phlebotomine sand flies appear to be involved in the epizootiology of 10 of the 16 currently recognized vesiculoviruses. Evidence in support of this includes isolation of viruses from wild-caught male and female sand flies; demonstration of oral infection, replication, and bite transmission of viruses by sand flies; the temporal and/or spatial association between infected sand flies and infected vertebrates; and demonstration of transovarial virus transmission. The present review summarizes the known sand fly-vesiculovirus relationships.

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