Ecuador Paraiso Escondido Virus, a New Flavivirus Isolated from New World Sand Flies in Ecuador, Is the First Representative of a Novel Clade in the Genus Flavivirus

A new flavivirus, Ecuador Paraiso Escondido virus (EPEV), named after the village where it was discovered, was isolated from sand flies (Psathyromyia abonnenci, formerly Lutzomyia abonnenci) that are unique to the New World. This represents the first sand fly-borne flavivirus identified in the New W...

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Main Authors: Alkan, Cigdem, Zapata, Sonia, Bichaud, Laurence, Moureau, Grégory, Lemey, Philippe, Firth, Andrew E., Gritsun, Tamara S., Gould, Ernest A., de Lamballerie, Xavier, Depaquit, Jérôme, Charrel, Rémi N.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4645344/