Seroprevalence of antibodies to sandfly fever sicilian virus in a sample population in tuscany, Italy

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 345-346

  Cusi, Maria Grazia ^a   Gandolfo, Claudia ^a   Valentini, Melissa ^a   Savellini, Gianni Gori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Phleboviruses.; Sandfly fever Sicilian virus; Toscana virus; Tuscany

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEBOVIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANDFLY FEVER SICILIAN VIRUS; SANDFLY FEVER SICILIAN VIRUS INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS INFECTION; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMUS FEVER; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

PHLEBOVIRUS; SANDFLY FEVER SICILIAN VIRUS; TOSCANA VIRUS;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMUS FEVER; PHLEBOVIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876913213     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0945     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Bichaud L, Piarroux RP, Izri A, Ninove L, et al. Low seroprevalence of sandfly fever Sicilian virus antibodies in humans, Marseille, France. Clin Microbiol Infect 2011; 17: 1189-1190.
2. Calamusa G, Valenti RM, Vitale F, Mammina C, et al. Seroprevalence of and risk factors for Toscana and Sicilian virus infection in a sample population of Sicily (Italy). J Infect 2012; 64: 212-217.
3. Cusi MG, Gori Savellini G, Zanelli G. Toscana virus epidemiology: From Italy to beyond. Open Virol J 2010; 22: 22-28.
4. Depaquit J, Grandadam M, Fouque F, Andry PE, et al. Arthropod-borne viruses transmitted by Phlebotomine sanflies in Europe: A review. Euro Surveill 2010; 15: pii=19507.
5. Eitrem R, Vene S, Niklasson B. Incidence of sandfly fever among Swedish United Nations soldiers on Cyprus during 1985. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1990; 43: 207-211.
6. Ergü nay K, Saygan MB, Aydogan S, Lo MM, et al Sandfly fever virus activity in central/northernAnatolia, Turkey: first report of Toscana virus infections. Clin Microbiol Infect, 2011; 17: 575-581.
7. Guler S, Guler E, Caglayik DY, Kokoglu OF, et al. A sandfly fever virus outbreak in the East Mediterranean region of Turkey. Int J Infect Dis 2012; 16: 244-246.
8. Izri A, Temmam S, Moureau G, Hamrioui B, et al. Sandfly fever Sicilian virus, Algeria. Emerg Infect Dis 2008: 14: 795-797.
9. Karabatos N, eds. International Catalogue of Arboviruses Including Certain Viruses and Vertebrates, 3rd ed. San Antonio, TX: Am J Trop Med Hyg, 1985.
10. Konstantinou GN, Papa A, Antoniadis A. Sandfly-fever outbreak in Cyprus: are phleboviruses still a health problem Travel Med Infect Dis 2007; 12: 192-194.
11. Moureau G, Bichaud L, Salez N, Ninove L, et al. Molecular and serological evidence for the presence of novel phleboviruses in sandflies from Northern Algeria. Open Virol J 2010; 4: 15-21.
12. Terrosi C, Olivieri R, Bianco C, Cellesi C, et al. Age-dependent seroprevalence of Toscana virus in central Italy and correlation with the clinical profile. Clin Vaccine Immunol 2009; 16: 1251-1252.