title: [A natural focus of sandfly fever in the Republic of Afghanistan].
abstract: The serological study of persons contacting dengue-like fever in 1987 in Afghanistan (in Rukha, Parwān Province) revealed that in 74% of cases an increase in the titers of antibodies to Sicilian and Neapolitan sandfly [correction of mosquito-borne] fever viruses was registered. Considering that such diseases appeared here for a number of years and were linked in time with the activity of sandflies [correction of mosquitoes] of the species Phlebotomus papatasii, the suggestion was made on the existence of a stable natural focus of sandfly [correction of mosquito-borne] fevers in the region of Rukha.
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Nikolaev
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Perepelkin
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Raevskiĭ
authors.forename: Z M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Prusakova
mesh_terms: D000346:Afghanistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002002:Brucella / Q000276:immunology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005604:Francisella tularensis / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel; D010217:Phlebotomus Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D016856:Phlebovirus / Q000276:immunology; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000276:immunology; D014586:USSR
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000914:Antibodies, Viral
vernacular_title: O prirodnom ochage moskitnykh likhoradok v Respublike Afganistan.