Blood-sucking arthropods transmit a variety of human pathogens acting as disseminators of
the so-called vector-borne diseases. Leishmaniasis is a spectrum of diseases caused by …

Phlebotomine sandflies are known to transmit leishmaniases, bacteria and viruses that affect
humans and animals in many countries worldwide. These sandfly-borne viruses are mainly …

Sandfly-borne phleboviruses may cause a transient febrile illness (sandfly fever) or more
severe neuroinvasive disease. In the Old World, they are vectored by phlebotomine flies …

Toscana virus (TOSV) is an arthropodborne virus first identified in 1971 from the sandfly
Phlebotomus perniciosus in central Italy. Many case reports in travelers and clinical …

The purpose of this study was to assess and describe the current spectrum of emerging
zoonoses between 2000 and 2006 in European countries. A computerized search of the …

Zoonotic Viruses of Northern Eurasia: Taxonomy and Ecology provides a review of modern
data of the taxonomy, distribution, and ecology of zoonotic viruses in the ecosystems of …

Toscana virus (TOSV) is an arthropod-borne virus, identified in 1971, from Phlebotomus
perniciosus and Phlebotomus perfiliewi in central Italy. TOSV belongs to the Phlebovirus …

Background. Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arbovirus with a high potential to spread
globally. We investigated whether CHIKV is transmittable via corneal grafts. Methods. Serum …

Toscana virus (TOSV) is endemic in the Mediterranean basin, where it is transmitted by sand
flies. TOSV can infect humans and cause febrile illness as well as neuroinvasive infections …

Toscana virus (TOSV, Phlebovirus, family Bunyaviridae) infection is one of the most
prevalent arboviruses in Spain. Within the objectives of a multidisciplinary network, a study …