title: Sadfly fever: two case reports.
abstract: Sandfly fever, also known as 'three-day fever' or 'pappataci fever' or 'Phlebotomus fever' is a viral infection that causes self-limited influenza-like symptoms and characterized by a rapid onset. The disease occurs commonly in endemic areas in summer months and especially in August during which sandflies are active. In this article, two siblings who presented with high fever, redness in the eyes, headache, weakness, malaise and inability to walk, who were found to have increased liver function tests and creatine kinase levels and who were diagnosed with sadfly fever with positive sadfly IgM and IgG antibodies are reported because of the rarity of this disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Başkent University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yasemin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Özkale
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Başkent University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Özkale
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Başkent University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Pinar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kiper
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Başkent University School of Medicine, Neonatology Unit, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bilin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Çetinkaya
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Başkent University School of Medicine, Pediatric Neurology Unit, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: İlknur
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: Erol
keywords: Child; lower respiratory tract infection; vitamin D