title: A novel phlebovirus in Albanian sandflies.
abstract: Sandflies were collected in two districts of Albania and tested for a probable phlebovirus infection. A novel phlebovirus, provisionally named Adria virus, was detected in 2/12 pools, both trapped in a region close to the Adriatic Sea. The new virus is genetically closer (similarity 77.1% at nucleotide level) to Arbia virus, which belongs to the Salehabad serocomplex. Its distribution and probable pathogenicity to humans remain to be elucidated.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. annap@med.auth.gr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Velo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bino
mesh_terms: D000415:Albania; D000818:Animals; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016856:Phlebovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000821:virology*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral