Sandfly-fever outbreak in Cyprus: are phleboviruses still a health problem?
A Cypriot strain of sandfly fever Sicilian virus was responsible for a 3-day-fever syndrome among non-immune soldiers. Clinicians have to consider Sandfly fever in the differential diagnosis in patients with similar symptoms during their accommodation or just after their return from Cyprus, or any other Mediterranean countries, especially during summer when sandflies are active.
Phenotypic personality dimensions, primarily neuroticism and extraversion, moderate the relationship between APOE [Latin Small Letter Open E]-4 genotype and cognitive outcomes among older adults. Future research is needed to elucidate the physiological processes involved in these particular phenotype-genotype interactions.