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Sandfly fever virus is known to cause pappataci fever. The sandfly fever virus belongs to the Genus Phlebovirus (family: Bunyaviridae) and is endemically found in areas of South Europe, Asia and Africa. In Germany, pappataci fever is only described in connection with travelling to endemic areas. We report on a 15 year-old girl suffering from sandfly fever virus infection after vacation in Turkey. The initial symptoms started with fever for about three days, frontal headache, nausea and arthralgia. After a short time of clinical improvement symptoms recurred and our patient entered hospital with signs of severe meningitis. Liquor analysis showed a lymphocytic meningitis. Due to multiple insect bites on her legs sandfly fever was suspected. Blood analysis confirmed an acute infection with sandfly virus Sicilian from which she completely recovered. ELISA and immunoblot analysis revealed an infection with sandfly virus serotype Sicilian, which was not encountered with meningitis so far. Our case report illustrates that due to increased tourism sandfly fever virus infection has to be considered as a cause of aseptic meningitis in travellers.
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