[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 27, 05 July 2012

Rapid communications

First report of sandfly fever virus infection imported from Malta into Switzerland, October 2011


D Schultze ()<SUP>1</SUP>, W Korte<SUP>1</SUP>, P Rafeiner<SUP>2</SUP>, M Niedrig<SUP>3</SUP>
  1. Center of Laboratory Medicine, St. Gallen, Switzerland
  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Cantonal Hospital, St Gallen, Switzerland
  3. Center for Biological Security (ZBS-1), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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Citation style for this article: Schultze D, Korte W, Rafeiner P, Niedrig M. First report of sandfly fever virus infection imported from Malta into Switzerland, October 2011. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(27):pii=20209. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20209
Date of submission: 22 June 2012 <HR>We report the first documented cases of sandfly fever virus infection in travellers returning from Malta to Switzerland in autumn 2011. These cases illustrate the importance of considering sandfly-borne viral infection in the differential diagnosis of febrile patients from the Mediterranean island Malta. Raising awareness among physicians is relevant especially now at the beginning of the summer tourist season.
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