Co-circulation of Toscana virus and Punique virus in northern Tunisia: a microneutralisation-based seroprevalence study.

• Main Authors: Sonia Sakhria (Author), Laurence Bichaud (Author), Mohamed Mensi (Author), Nicolas Salez (Author), Khalil Dachraoui (Author), Laurence Thirion (Author), Saifedine Cherni (Author), Ifhem Chelbi (Author), Xavier De Lamballerie (Author), Elyes Zhioua (Author), Rémi N Charrel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: In northern Tunisia, the co-circulation of two related sand fly-borne phleboviruses, Toscana virus (TOSV) and Punique virus (PUNV) was previously demonstrated. In contrast to TOSV, a prominent human pathogen, there is no data supporting that PUNV is capable to infect and cause disease to...