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High Rates of Neutralizing Antibodies to Toscana and Sandfly Fever Sicilian Viruses in Livestock, Kosovo

Nazli Ayhan 1 Kurtesh Sherifi 2 Arber Taraku 3 Kristaq Bërxholi 3 Rémi Charrel 1
1 EPV - Emergence des Pathologies Virales
2 University of Prishtina
3 Agriculture University of Tirana [Triana, Albania]
Abstract : Toscana and sandfly fever Sicilian viruses (TOSV and SFSV, respectively), both transmitted by sand flies, are prominent human pathogens in the Old World. Of 1,086 serum samples collected from cattle and sheep during 2013 in various regions of Kosovo (Balkan Peninsula), 4.7% and 53.4% had neutralizing antibodies against TOSV and SFSV, respectively.
Keywords : Balkan Bunyaviridae Kosovo Mediterranean Phlebovirus Toscana virus arbovirus sand flies sandfly fever Sicilian virus vector-borne infections viruses
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Nazli Ayhan, Kurtesh Sherifi, Arber Taraku, Kristaq Bërxholi, Rémi Charrel. High Rates of Neutralizing Antibodies to Toscana and Sandfly Fever Sicilian Viruses in Livestock, Kosovo. Emerging Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2017, 23 (6), pp.989-992. ⟨10.3201/eid2306.161929⟩. ⟨inserm-02407413⟩

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