Tunis virus: a new Phlebovirus from Argas reflexus hermanii ticks in Tunisia
1994
Chastel, C. | Le Lay, G. | Le Goff, F. (Faculte de Medecine, Brest Cedex (France)) | Bach-Hamba, D. | Karabatsos, N. | Bouattour, A. | Vermeil, C.
A new Phlebovirus provisionnally named Tunis virus has been isolated from Argas reflexus hermanni ticks parasitizing domestic pigeons. It is the first isolation of an arbovirus from Tunisia and the fourth tick-borne virus to be isolated from the Maghreb following Soldado, Essaouira and Kala Iris in Morocco. The pathogenic potential of this virus is briefly discussed according to the behaviour of its vector and previous serosurveys in the country
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