[pappataci fever]. | sandfly fever virus is known to cause pappataci fever. the sandfly fever virus belongs to the genus phlebovirus (family: bunyaviridae) and is endemically found in areas of south europe, asia and africa. in germany, pappataci fever is only described in connection with travelling to endemic areas. we report on a 15 year-old girl suffering from sandfly fever virus infection after vacation in turkey. the initial symptoms started with fever for about three days, frontal headache, nausea and arthralgi ... | 1997 | 9445923 |