A case of central nervous system infection due to a novel Sandfly Fever Virus (SFV) variant: Sandfly Fever Turkey Virus (SFTV)

Koray Ergunay; Vefa Ismayilova; Ilksen A Colpak; Tulay Kansu; Durdal Us

doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2012.01.014

A case of central nervous system infection due to a novel Sandfly Fever Virus (SFV) variant: Sandfly Fever Turkey Virus (SFTV)

J Clin Virol. 2012 May;54(1):79-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.01.014. Epub 2012 Feb 13.

Authors

Koray Ergunay¹, Vefa Ismayilova, Ilksen A Colpak, Tulay Kansu, Durdal Us

Affiliation

¹ Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Virology Unit, 06100, Ankara, Turkey. [email protected]

PMID: 22336084
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.01.014

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Base Sequence
Central Nervous System Infections / diagnosis*
Central Nervous System Infections / virology
Cluster Analysis
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Molecular Sequence Data
Phlebotomus Fever / diagnosis*
Phlebotomus Fever / virology
Phlebovirus / isolation & purification*
Phylogeny
Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Viral / genetics
Sequence Alignment
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Turkey

Substances

RNA, Viral

Associated data

GENBANK/JN907009