Izri Arezki, Temmam Sarah, Moureau Grégory, Hamrioui Boussad, de Lamballerie Xavier, Charrel Rémi N
Université Paris 13, Bobigny, France.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 May;14(5):795-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1405.071487.
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.
为确定西西里白蛉热病毒(SFSV)是否存在于阿尔及利亚,我们检测了白蛉体内的白蛉病毒RNA。在一只阿氏白蛉体内检测到了一段与SFSV序列密切相关的序列。在60份人类血清样本中,有3份含有抗SFSV的免疫球蛋白G。这些数据表明阿尔及利亚存在SFSV。