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[Pappataci (sandfly fever) - a little known brought in Poland viral disease]
Józef Piotr Knap1, Michał Andrzej Targowski2
1Medical University of Warsaw, Poland: Department of Epidemiology.
Abstract:
Pappataci (sandfly fever) is a viral (RNA Phlebovirus) vector-borne zoonosis transmitted to men by small Phlebotomus mosquitous. This disease fulfill the international criteria of "emerging disease". Despite of that, pappataci fever is a little known disease brought into Poland. Distribution of disease includes: Mediterranean region, Central Asia and Indian Peninsula. On the basis of pertinent literature and own personal experience, the authors described etiopathogenesis, epidemiology and clinical picture of sandfly fever.
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