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J Pediatr Infect Dis 2008; 03(04): 271-273
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1557001
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Sandfly fever virus as a cause of encephalitis in Egypt

Emad W. Mohareb
a   United States Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt
,
Mohamed Abbas El Barrawy
b   High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria, Egypt
,
Heba Sayed Ahmed Selim
b   High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria, Egypt
,
Magda Elsayed Rakha
c   Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt
,
Samuel L. Yingst
a   United States Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt
,
Magda Fawzy Baskharoun
b   High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria, Egypt
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16 January 2008

04 July 2008

Publication Date:
28 July 2015 (online)

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Abstract

Sandfly fever (SF) viruses are known to spread in the Mideteranean basin and some species were shown to cause different forms of encephalitis. This case report describes an 8-year-old girl who was admitted to a rural hospital in Egypt with fever and myalgia. The clinical presentation included signs suggesting cerebrospinal infection. Cerebrospinal fluid aspects suggested viral infection. Virological diagnosis was obtained by serological tests, and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and virus isolation cultures against a panel of viruses. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay IgM antibodies and plaque reduction neutralization tests suggested that sandfly Scilian virus is the causing etiology.

Keywords

Arboviruses - sandfly fever virus - encephalitis