Sandfly fever-a "neglected" disease

• Published in: Hautarzt Vol. 69; no. 11; p. 928
• Main Authors: Stahn, B, Sudeck, H, Frickmann, H, Krüger, A, Burchard, H G, Wiemer, D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: German
• Published: Germany 01.11.2018
• Subjects: Animals; Antibodies, Viral; Diagnosis, Differential; Exanthema; Female; Humans; Middle Aged; Phlebotomus Fever - diagnosis; Phlebotomus Fever - immunology; Phlebovirus - immunology; Phlebovirus - isolation & purification; Travel; Vector-borne diseases; Mediterranean; Meningitis; Pappataci fever; Phlebovirus

A 45-year-old woman presented at the outpatient department of a center for tropical diseases with fever, diarrhea, headache, myalgia, malaise, and an itchy papular rash. She had been on holiday with her family for 11 days in a mountain village in northern Cyprus. The place was infested with a lot of...