%0 Journal Article %9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES %A Izri, A. %A Temmam, S. %A Moureau, Grégory %A Hamrioui, B. %A De Lamballerie, Xavier %A Charrel, R. N. %T Sandfly fever Sicilian virus, Algeria %D 2008 %L PAR00009964 %G ENG %J Emerging Infectious Diseases %@ 1080-6040 %M ISI:000255508300015 %N 5 %P 795-797 %U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/PAR00009964 %V 14 %W Horizon (IRD) %X To determine whether sandfly fever Sicilian virus (SFSV) is present in Algeria, we tested sandflies for phlebovirus RNA. A sequence closely related to that of SFSV was detected in a Phlebotomus ariasi sandfly. Of 60 human serum samples, 3 contained immunoglobulin G against SFSV. These data suggest SFSV is present in Algeria.