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Volume 23, Number 6—June 2017
Dispatch

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

Nazli Ayhan, Kurtesh Sherifi1, Arber Taraku, Kristaq Bërxholi, Rémi N. Charrel1Comments to Author , and Charrel
Author affiliations: Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France (N. Ayhan, R.N. Charrel); Fondation Mediterranee Infection Public Hospitals of Marseille, Marseille (N. Ayhan, R.N. Charrel); University of Hasan Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo (K. Sherifi); Agriculture University of Tirana, Triana, Albania (A. Taraku, K. Bërxholi)

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Table

Neutralizing antibodies against SFSV and TOSV in serum from cattle and sheep, and sandflies trapped in Kosovo, 2013*

Serum source, region SFSV
 TOSV
 No. sand flies Sand fly species (%)
Total >20
 Positive >20, %
 Total >20
 Positive >20, %
Cattle, n = 933 546 58.5 48 5.1
Prizeren, n = 48 20 41.7 5 10.4 75 Phlebotomus major (70), P. simici (13), P. tobbi (8), P. papatasi (4), others (5)
Pejë, n = 50 12 24.0 0 0 0
Rahovec, n = 198 101 51.0 15 7.6 2 P. major (100)
Malishevë, n = 165 129 78.2 13 7.9 0
Glogovac, n = 50 35 70.0 0 0 0
Klinë, n = 50 39 78.0 5 10.0 0
Suharekë, n = 245 133 54.3 8 3.3 132 P. major (99), P. tobbi (1)
Gjakovë, n = 50 35 70.0 2 4.0 0
Deçan, n = 77
 42
 54.6
0
 0
 0
Sheep, n = 153 34 22.2 3 2.0
Junik, n = 28 6 21.4 0 0 58 P. major (57), P. tobbi (38), others (5)
Hani i Elezit, n = 50 7 14.0 2 4.0 0
Dragash, n = 30 17 56.7 1 3.3 0
Pejë, n = 8 3 37.5 0 0 0
Gjakovë, n = 37
 1
 2.7
0
 0
 0
Total, N = 1,086 580 53.4 51 4.7 267

*SFSV, sandfly fever Sicilian virus; TOSV, Toscana virus.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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