Isolation and sequencing of Dashli virus, a novel Sicilian-like virus in sandflies from Iran; genetic and phylogenetic evidence for the creation of one novel species within the Phlebovirus genus in the Phenuiviridae family

• Cigdem Alkan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Cigdem Alkan, Vahideh Moin Vaziri

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations UMR "Unité des Virus Emergents" (UVE Aix-Marseille Univ—IRD 190—Inserm 1207—EHESP), Marseille, France, Fondation IHU Mediterranee Infection, APHM Public Hospitals of Marseille, Marseille, France

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• Vahideh Moin Vaziri ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Cigdem Alkan, Vahideh Moin Vaziri

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: remi.charrel@univ-amu.fr (RNC); vmvaziri@gmail.com (VMV)

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Nazli Ayhan,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations UMR "Unité des Virus Emergents" (UVE Aix-Marseille Univ—IRD 190—Inserm 1207—EHESP), Marseille, France, Fondation IHU Mediterranee Infection, APHM Public Hospitals of Marseille, Marseille, France

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• Mehdi Badakhshan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Laurence Bichaud,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliations UMR "Unité des Virus Emergents" (UVE Aix-Marseille Univ—IRD 190—Inserm 1207—EHESP), Marseille, France, Fondation IHU Mediterranee Infection, APHM Public Hospitals of Marseille, Marseille, France

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• Nourina Rahbarian,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Ezat-Aldin Javadian,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Bulent Alten,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Ecology Section, ESR Laboratories, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

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• Xavier de Lamballerie,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliations UMR "Unité des Virus Emergents" (UVE Aix-Marseille Univ—IRD 190—Inserm 1207—EHESP), Marseille, France, Fondation IHU Mediterranee Infection, APHM Public Hospitals of Marseille, Marseille, France

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• Remi N. Charrel

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: remi.charrel@univ-amu.fr (RNC); vmvaziri@gmail.com (VMV)

  Affiliations UMR "Unité des Virus Emergents" (UVE Aix-Marseille Univ—IRD 190—Inserm 1207—EHESP), Marseille, France, Fondation IHU Mediterranee Infection, APHM Public Hospitals of Marseille, Marseille, France

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7675-8251

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