Toscana virus infections in northern Italy: laboratory and clinical evaluation

Toscana virus (TOSv) is a neurotropic arthropod-borne virus that causes meningitis in the Mediterranean basin during the summer months. A total of 120 patients suffering from acute aseptic meningitis between July 1 and October 31, 2010 in northern Italy were evaluated. Eighteen of them (15%) were in...

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Published in:	Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) Vol. 12; no. 6; p. 526
Main Authors:	Vocale, Caterina, Bartoletti, Michele, Rossini, Giada, Macini, Pierluigi, Pascucci, Maria Grazia, Mori, Fernanda, Tampieri, Andrea, Lenzi, Tiziano, Pavoni, Michele, Giorgi, Claudia, Gaibani, Paolo, Cavrini, Francesca, Pierro, Anna Maria, Landini, Maria Paola, Viale, Pierluigi, Sambri, Vittorio
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-06-2012
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Bunyaviridae Infections - epidemiology Bunyaviridae Infections - pathology Bunyaviridae Infections - virology Female Humans Italy - epidemiology Male Meningitis, Viral - epidemiology Meningitis, Viral - pathology Meningitis, Viral - virology Middle Aged Sandfly fever Naples virus - isolation & purification Italy
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Summary:	Toscana virus (TOSv) is a neurotropic arthropod-borne virus that causes meningitis in the Mediterranean basin during the summer months. A total of 120 patients suffering from acute aseptic meningitis between July 1 and October 31, 2010 in northern Italy were evaluated. Eighteen of them (15%) were in the acute stage of TOSv disease.
ISSN:	1557-7759
DOI:	10.1089/vbz.2011.0781