Toscana Virus in Wild-Caught Sand Flies in Portugal, Findings from the National Vector Surveillance Network, 2023

Amaro, Fátima; Zé-Zé, Líbia; Osório, Hugo Costa; Soares, Patrícia; Silva, Manuel; Freitas, Inês Campos; Alves, Maria João

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Toscana Virus in Wild-Caught Sand Flies in Portugal, Findings from the National Vector Surveillance Network, 2023

2024-10-15Journal article

dc.contributor.author	Amaro, Fátima
dc.contributor.author	Zé-Zé, Líbia
dc.contributor.author	Osório, Hugo Costa
dc.contributor.author	Soares, Patrícia
dc.contributor.author	Silva, Manuel
dc.contributor.author	Freitas, Inês Campos
dc.contributor.author	Alves, Maria João
dc.date.accessioned	2025-02-28T11:36:33Z
dc.date.available	2025-02-28T11:36:33Z
dc.date.issued	2024-10-15
dc.description.abstract	Phlebotomine sand flies play a crucial role in both human and veterinary medicine, acting as vectors for Leishmania parasites and most known phleboviruses. In Portugal, the REVIVE program, a comprehensive national surveillance network under the Ministry of Health, has included sand fly surveys since 2016. REVIVE aims to identify existing sand fly species in the country, determine which pathogens are circulating among them, and provide actionable insights for prevention and control measures when necessary. In this way, annually, from May to October, health technicians collect sand flies across mainland Portugal with CDC light traps. The collected sand flies are sent to the Centre for Vectors and Infectious Diseases Research for species identification and molecular screening of pathogens. On 21 September 2023, Toscana virus (TOSV), a well-known phlebovirus in the Mediterranean region due to its capacity to cause neurological disease, was detected in a pool of 30 sand flies collected in Algarve, the southernmost region of Portugal. A 668 bp partial sequence of the nucleoprotein gene shows similarity with TOSV strains from Spain. To our knowledge, this is the first detection of TOSV in its vector in this country, having previously only been reported in vertebrate hosts. These findings highlight the important role of ongoing surveillance efforts in monitoring and understanding the dynamics of sand fly-borne diseases in Portugal.	pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorship	P.S. was partially supported by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) reference: CEECINST/00049/2021/CP2817/CT0001 and DOI: https://doi.org/10.54499/CEECINST/00049/2021/CP2817/CT0001; M.S. is the recipient of a PhD fellowship reference 2022.13476.BDANA (FCT).
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dc.identifier.citation	Pathogens. 2024 Oct 15;13(10):905. doi: 10.3390/pathogens13100905
dc.identifier.doi	10.3390/pathogens13100905	pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn	2076-0817
dc.identifier.pmid	39452776
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dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	MDPI
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dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject	Toscana Virus	pt_PT
dc.subject	Phleboviruses	pt_PT
dc.subject	Sand Flies	pt_PT
dc.subject	REVIVE Network	pt_PT
dc.subject	Vector Surveillance Network
dc.subject	Infecções Sistémicas e Zoonoses
dc.subject	Portugal
dc.title	Toscana Virus in Wild-Caught Sand Flies in Portugal, Findings from the National Vector Surveillance Network, 2023	pt_PT
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