Link to Pubmed [PMID] – 18439364
Link to DOI – 10.3201/eid1405.071487
Emerg Infect Dis 2008 May; 14(5): 795-7
To determine whether sandfly fever Sicilian virus (SFSV) is present in Algeria, we tested sandflies for phlebovirus RNA. A sequence closely related to that of SFSV was detected in a Phlebotomus ariasi sandfly. Of 60 human serum samples, 3 contained immunoglobulin G against SFSV. These data suggest SFSV is present in Algeria.