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Palma Virus, a New Bunyaviridae Isolated from Ticks in Portugal

1994; Karger Publishers; Volume: 37; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1159/000150399

1423-0100

Armindo R. Filipe, Maria João Alves, Nick Karabatsos, António Matos, Maria Sofia Núncio, Fátima Bacellar,

Mosquito-borne diseases and control

An agent pathogenic for laboratory albino Swiss mice was isolated from a pool of Haemaphysalis punctata ticks collected from cattle on a farm located in Alcácer do Sal county, southern Portugal. The isolated virus was shown to be distinct from but serologically related to virus members of the Bhanja antigenic group. This new virus in the family Bunyaviridae was named Palma for the farm where ticks have been collected for several studies.