Severe sandfly virus infection following domestic travel to the Negev desert

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2014 Nov-Dec;12(6 Pt A):680-1. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2014.10.009. Epub 2014 Oct 20.

Authors

Moti Grupper¹, Hanna Bin², Israel Potasman³

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Disease Unit, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel; The Technion Institute, Haifa, Israel. Electronic address: Moti.grupper@b-zion.org.il.
² Central Virology Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel. Electronic address: Hanna.bin@sheba.health.gov.il.
³ Infectious Disease Unit, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel; The Technion Institute, Haifa, Israel. Electronic address: Israel.potasman@b-zion.org.il.

PMID: 25459433
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2014.10.009

No abstract available

Keywords: Infection; Mediterranean basin; Petechial rash; Sandfly virus; Serology.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Female
Humans
Israel
Mediterranean Region
Middle Aged
Phlebotomus Fever / diagnosis*
Phlebovirus / immunology
Phlebovirus / isolation & purification*
Psychodidae / virology*
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Travel