TY - GEN T1 - First report of sandfly fever virus infection imported from Malta into Switzerland, October 2011 AU - Schultze, Detlev AU - Korte, W. AU - Rafeiner, P. AU - Niedrig, Matthias AB - 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. KW - Adult KW - Humans KW - Female KW - Travel KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Animals KW - Neutralization Tests KW - Treatment Outcome KW - Switzerland KW - Fluorescent Antibody Technique Indirect KW - Antibodies Viral/blood KW - Immunoblotting KW - Malta KW - Phlebotomus/virology KW - Phlebotomus Fever/diagnosis KW - Phlebotomus Fever/virology KW - Phlebovirus/immunology KW - Phlebovirus/isolation & purification KW - 610 Medizin PY - 2012 LA - eng PB - Robert Koch-Institut VL - 17 IS - 27 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.25646/1191 ER -