The occurence of arboviruses Greenland and Svalbard.

Arboviruses are a large polyphyletic group of viruses sharing the same ecological niche being transmitted from arthropods vectors to vertebrates hosts. They are important human and animal pathogens, especially in tropical and temperate zones, but their are still neglected in polar areas, despite it was proven that polar arboviruses may be patogenic to humans. Our research was focused on monitoring of arboviruses in north Atlantic areas. We screened mosquito Aedes nigripes from Greenland, the nymphs and adults of tick Ixodes uriae from Svalbard archipeago (Kaap Kalthof, (Bj?rn?y), Ossian Sarsfjellet (Spizbergen), and from the island of Jan Mayen. We tested these samples for the presence of arboviruses from the families Bunyaviridae (genus Orthobunyavirus, Phlebovirus), Reoviridae (genus Orbivirus), Flaviviridae (genus Flavivirus), Togaviridae (genus Alphavirus)