| characterization of a sandfly fever sicilian virus isolated during a sandfly fever epidemic in turkey. | phleboviruses cause sandfly fever but isolates are rare. | 2010 | 20579934 |
| sandfly fever virus activity in central/northern anatolia, turkey: first report of toscana virus infections. | sandfly fever viruses (sfvs) cause febrile diseases as well as aseptic meningitis/encephalitis and include serotypes sandfly fever sicilian virus (sfsv), sandfly fever naples virus (sfnv) and toscana virus (tosv). infections are endemic in the mediterranean basin and data on sfv activity in turkey are limited. in this study, sera from 1533 blood donors from the ankara, konya, eskisehir and zonguldak provinces of turkey were evaluated for sfv exposure by indirect immunofluorescence test (iift) an ... | 2011 | 20731683 |
| [sandfly fever outbreak in a province at central anatolia, turkey.] | sandfly fever virus (sfv), which is classified in phlebovirus genus, bunyaviridae family, is widely seen in the middle east and mediterranean basin. sfv has four serotypes known as sicilian (sfsv), cyprus (sfcv), naples (sfnv) and toscana virus (tosv). sandfly fever, which is transmitted to human by different species of sandflies, especially phlebotomus spp., starts with acute onset of high fever and lasts for three days. headache, anorexia and myalgia are the most common symptoms. the aim of th ... | 2010 | 21063993 |
| Toscana Virus (TOSV) exposure is confirmed in blood donors from Central, North and South/Southeast Anatolia, Turkey. | Summary Toscana virus (TOSV), a sandfly fever virus serotype of medical and public health importance, is a major pathogen involved in aseptic meningtis occurring in Mediterranean countries and poses a threat to the residents as well as travellers. Limited data on TOSV activity are present from Turkey despite being located in the endemic zone. We aimed to identify TOSV exposure in 1115 healthy blood donors at the Hacettepe University Hospital Blood Bank in Ankara, Turkey, using commercial indirec ... | 2011 | 21914151 |
| molecular evidence indicates that phlebotomus major sensu lato (diptera: psychodidae) is the vector species of the recently-identified sandfly fever sicilian virus variant: sandfly fever turkey virus. | sandfly fever turkey virus (sftv) is a recently-discovered sandfly fever sicilian virus (sfsv) variant (family bunyaviridae, genus phlebovirus), characterized during retrospective evaluation of febrile disease outbreaks in turkey. in addition to causing sandfly fever, sftv was observed to induce elevation of liver enzymes, and to cause thrombocytopenia in affected individuals. this study was conducted to identify vectors for phleboviruses including sftv in ankara province, turkey, where evidence ... | 2012 | 22651385 |
| ongoing activity of toscana virus genotype a and west nile virus lineage 1 strains in turkey: a clinical and field survey. | toscana virus (tosv), west nile virus (wnv) and tickborne encephalitis virus (tbev) are among major viral pathogens causing febrile disease and meningitis/encephalitis. the impact of these viruses was investigated at a referral centre in ankara province, central anatolia in 2012, where previous reports suggested virus circulation but with scarce information on clinical cases and vector activity. serum and/or cerebrospinal fluid samples from 94 individuals were evaluated, in addition to field-col ... | 2014 | 25285941 |
| [a case of central nervous system infection due to west nile virus lineage-1 in ankara province, turkey]. | west nile virus (wnv) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus (family flaviviridae), maintained in an enzootic cycle between birds as amplifying hosts and mosquito vectors. while wnv exposure in humans frequently remain subclinical, a febrile illness called west nile fever occurs in about 20% and neuroinvasive disease in less than 1% of the affected individuals. for the last two decades, wnv has caused outbreaks of severe neuroinvasive disease in humans and horses in europe, the mediterranean basin and e ... | 2013 | 23390915 |