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1 December 2015 Laboratory Validation of the Sand Fly Fever Virus Antigen Assay
Will K. Reeves, Mitchell Scott Szymczak, Kristen L. Burkhalter, Myrna M. Miller
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Abstract

Sandfly fever group viruses in the genus Phlebovirus (family Bunyaviridae) are widely distributed across the globe and are a cause of disease in military troops and indigenous peoples. We assessed the laboratory sensitivity and specificity of the Sand Fly Fever Virus Antigen Assay, a rapid dipstick assay designed to detect sandfly fever Naples virus (SFNV) and Toscana virus (TOSV) against a panel of phleboviruses. The assay detected SFNV and TOSV, as well as other phleboviruses including Aguacate, Anahanga, Arumowot, Chagres, and Punta Toro viruses. It did not detect sandfly fever Sicilian, Heartland, Rio Grande, or Rift Valley fever viruses. It did not produce false positive results in the presence of uninfected sand flies (Lutzomyia longipalpis) or Cache Valley virus, a distantly related bunyavirus. Results from this laboratory evaluation suggest that this assay may be used as a rapid field-deployable assay to detect sand flies infected with TOSV and SFNV, as well as an assortment of other phleboviruses.

Copyright © 2015 by The American Mosquito Control Association, Inc.
Will K. Reeves, Mitchell Scott Szymczak, Kristen L. Burkhalter, and Myrna M. Miller "Laboratory Validation of the Sand Fly Fever Virus Antigen Assay," Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 31(4), 380-383, (1 December 2015). https://doi.org/10.2987/moco-31-04-380-383.1
Published: 1 December 2015
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KEYWORDS
Assay
dipstick
phlebovirus
sandfly fever
Toscana virus
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