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.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 143-150 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Parassitologia |
| Volume | 33 Suppl |
| State | Published - Dec 1991 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Parasitology