TY - JOUR AU - Ayhan, Nazli AU - Sherifi, Kurtesh AU - Taraku, Arber AU - Bërxholi, Kristaq AU - Charrel, Rémi T1 - High Rates of Neutralizing Antibodies to Toscana and Sandfly Fever Sicilian Viruses in Livestock, Kosovo T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 6 SP - 989 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - Bunyaviridae KW - Phlebovirus KW - arbovirus KW - Balkan KW - Mediterranean KW - vector-borne infections KW - viruses KW - Kosovo KW - Toscana virus KW - sandfly fever Sicilian virus KW - sand flies DO - 10.3201/eid2306.161929 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/6/16-1929_article ER - End of Reference