sandfly fever
Presence of sandfly borne phleboviruses of two antigenic complexes (Sandfly fever Naples virus and Sandfly fever Sicilian virus) in two different bio geographical regions of Tunisia demonstrated by a microneutralisation based seroprevalence study in dogs
... that sandfly-borne phlebo- viruses (genus Phlebovirus, family Bunyaviridae) were not only geographically restricted to southern Europe, but were also present in North Africa ...complex, Sandfly fever ...
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Direct evidence for an expanded circulation area of the recently identified Balkan virus (Sandfly fever Naples virus species) in several countries of the Balkan archipelago
... Background: Recently, Balkan virus (BALKV, family Phenuiviridae, genus Phlebovirus) was discovered in sand flies collected in Albania and genetically characterised as a member of the Sandfly fever Naples ...
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The Prevalence of Antibodies against Sandfly Fever Viruses and West Nile Virus in Cyprus
... Background: Sandfly fever is an incapacitating disease caused by sandfly-borne Phleboviruses that can lead to men- ingitis, encephalitis or ...of sandfly fever viruses (SFV) and WNV ...
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A Shared Transcription Termination Signal on Negative and Ambisense RNA Genome Segments of Rift Valley Fever, Sandfly Fever Sicilian, and Toscana Viruses
... Valley fever virus (RVF virus), Sand- fly fever Sicilian virus (SFS virus), and Toscana virus (TOS ...orrhagic fever, throughout Africa and, more recently, the Ara- bian peninsula ...
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NSs Protein of Sandfly Fever Sicilian Phlebovirus Counteracts Interferon (IFN) Induction by Masking the DNA-Binding Domain of IFN Regulatory Factor 3
... Given the remarkable diversity of the phleboviral NSs proteins with respect to sequences, subcellular localizations, and molecular mechanisms, it is tempting to speculate on a correlation between the specific anti-IFN ...
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Toscana Virus NSs Protein Promotes Degradation of Double-Stranded RNA-Dependent Protein Kinase
... Valley fever virus (RVFV) has been identified as an important virulence factor, which suppresses host general transcription, inhibits transcription from the beta interferon pro- moter, and promotes the proteasomal ...
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Malsoor Virus, a Novel Bat Phlebovirus, Is Closely Related to Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus and Heartland Virus
... virus, sandfly fever Naples and Sicilian viruses, Palma virus, Ingwavuma virus, and Thottapalayam virus, have shown serosignatures in humans and animals (22–25), the role of many of these viruses in causing ...
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STUDIES OF THE RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM (RES) II CHANGES IN THE PHAGOCYTIC CAPACITY OF THE RES IN PATIENTS WITH CERTAIN INFECTIONS
... 2 Pneumococcal pneumonia, typhoid fever, and probably pneumonic tularemia increased the maximal rate of removal of aggregated albumin particles from the circulation.. 3 In sandfly fever,[r] ...
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Isolation, Genetic Characterization, and Seroprevalence of Adana Virus, a Novel Phlebovirus Belonging to the Salehabad Virus Complex, in Turkey
... (Sandfly fever Cyprus virus [SFCV]) was detected serologically and Sandfly fever Turkey virus (SFTV) was isolated during the outbreaks ...
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NSs Protein of Rift Valley Fever Virus Induces the Specific Degradation of the Double-Stranded RNA-Dependent Protein Kinase
... Valley fever virus (RVFV) continues to cause large outbreaks of acute febrile and often fatal illness among humans and domesticated animals in Africa, Saudi Arabia, and ...virulent sandfly fever ...
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A Mathematical model of cutaneous leishmaniasis
... INTRODUCTION 2 In World War II, there was a high incidence of leishmaniasis and sandfly fever in troops deployed to the Persian Gulf region. In the Gulf War (1990 to 1991), approximately 697,000 U.S. troops ...
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Biochemical studies on the Phlebotomus fever group viruses (Bunyaviridae family).
... Like snowshoe hare virus a member of the California serogroup of the Bunyavirus genus of the Bunyaviridae family, Karimabad, Punta Toro, Chagres, and the sandfly fever Sicilian serotype [r] ...
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Proteomics computational analyses suggest that the carboxyl terminal glycoproteins of Bunyaviruses are class II viral fusion protein (beta-penetrenes)
... of Sandfly fever virus (SAN), a phlebovirus, has a significant similar- ity (p < ...Valley fever virus (RVF), Uukuniemi virus (UUK) and Punta Toro virus (PTV), the only phleboviruses with ...
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Serological and molecular detection of Toscana and other Phleboviruses in patients and sandflies in Tunisia
... could reflect a very early phase of infection. Similar re- sults were observed in Turkey where IgG and IgM anti- bodies were reactive with TOSV in 10.4% and 8.2% of the sera respectively, while only 4% were reactive for ...
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Genetic Polymorphism and Molecular Epidemiology of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis from Different Hosts and Geographic Areas in Brazil
... different sandfly species ...of sandfly vector(s) and/or animal reservoir(s) involved in the transmis- sion cycles (13, ...peridomestic sandfly spe- cies such as Lutzomyia intermedia and Lutzomyia ...
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Genetic differentiation between sandfly populations of Phlebotomus chinensis and Phlebotomus sichuanensis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in China inferred by microsatellites
... Phlebotomus chinensis is a prevalent species with wide geographical distribution, having records in 20 provinces ranging from Yangtze River to the northeast China [1]. In 1983, Leng and Yin described a new species, P. ...
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Approach to recurrent fever in childhood
... PFAPA is the most common periodic fever syndrome. It has yet to be characterized by a known genetic muta- tion or underlying cause. The onset of PFAPA is almost always before the age of 5. Other than cyclic ...
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Repellent effects of the essential oils of Cymbopogon citratus and Tagetes minuta on the sandfly, Phlebotomus duboscqi
... The sandfly, Phlebotomus duboscqi is a vector of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) that is an important public health problem in Eastern ...Valley fever, dengue, and yellow ...
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Brucella
... chronic with low grade symptoms of low fever and muscular stiffness, to acute with fever and chills. The fever typically spikes each evening and[r] ...
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Elevated Serum Levels of Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 in Severe Dengue Virus Infection at Sanglah Hospital Denpasar, Bali - Indonesia
... acute fever during the study period; (2) patients fulfilling the case definition for dengue virus; acute febrile illness lasting 2 – 7 days with two or more the following symptoms’: head- ache, retro-orbital pain, ...
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