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 |