title: Sandfly fever virus outbreak in Cyprus.
abstract: A major outbreak of febrile syndrome occurred during 2002 among the Greek Army forces in Cyprus. Serological and molecular investigations revealed that the causative agent was a Sicilian-like phlebovirus. A virus strain was isolated from a blood sample taken on the first day of the disease. Phylogenetic analysis of partial L RNA segment sequences revealed that the strain from Cyprus differed from sandfly Sicilian virus by 6.7% at the nucleotide level.
authors.affiliation: A' Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. annap@med.auth.gr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Konstantinou
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pavlidou
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antoniadis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001769:Blood / Q000821:virology; D002044:Bunyaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003535:Cyprus / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005334:Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016856:Phlebovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral