title: A case of central nervous system infection due to a novel Sandfly Fever Virus (SFV) variant: Sandfly Fever Turkey Virus (SFTV).
abstract: We present a case of viral encephalitis due to Sandfly Fever Turkey Virus (SFTV), a novel phlebovirus genetically related to but distinct from Sandfly Fever Sicilian Virus (SFSV), recently identified in a 63-year-old female, via consensus PCR and sequencing. SFTV was initially characterized in 2010 in samples from outbreaks of febrile diseases occurred during 2007-2008 and to the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of an SFTV-related central nervous system (CNS) infection.
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Virology Unit, 06100, Ankara, Turkey. ekoray@hacettepe.edu.tr
authors.forename: Koray
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ergunay
authors.forename: Vefa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ismayilova
authors.forename: Ilksen A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Colpak
authors.forename: Tulay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kansu
authors.forename: Durdal
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Us
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002494:Central Nervous System Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010217:Phlebotomus Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D016856:Phlebovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral