@article{fdi:010088089,
  title = {{P}ersistence of {T}oscana virus in sugar and blood meals of phlebotomine sand flies : epidemiological and experimental consequences},
  author = {{L}aroche, {L}. and {A}yhan, {N}. and {C}harrel, {R}. and {B}anuls, {A}nne-{L}aure and {P}rudhomme, {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{M}any virological studies have tested the persistence of enveloped {RNA} viruses in various environmental and laboratory conditions and shown their short-term persistence. {I}n this article, we analyzed {T}oscana virus ({TOSV}) infectivity, a pathogenic sandfly-borne phlebovirus, in two different conditions: in the sugar meal and blood meal of sand flies. {O}ur results showed that {TOSV} {RNA} was detectable up to 15 days in sugar solution at 26 degrees {C} and up to 6 h in blood at 37 degrees {C}. {M}oreover, {TOSV} remains infective for 7 days in sugar solution and for minimum 6 h in rabbit blood. {TOSV} has shown persistent infectivity/viability under different conditions, which may have important epidemiological consequences. {T}hese results strengthen new hypotheses about the {TOSV} natural cycle, such as the possibility of horizontal transmission between sand flies through infected sugar meal.},
  keywords = {{ZONE} {MEDITERRANEENNE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}cientific {R}eports - {N}ature},
  volume = {13},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {[7 p.]},
  ISSN = {2045-2322},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.1038/s41598-023-32431-9},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010088089},
}