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Clinical Infection in PracticeToscana virus is a well-recognised cause of meningitis around the Mediterranean basin in the warmer summer months. The incidence is likely under-reported as the spectrum of disease ranges from asymptomatic to an aseptic meningo-encephalitis.
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Toscana Virus: Ten Years of Diagnostics in Portugal
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2021 Introduction: Toscana virus (TOSV) is an emerging sandfly-borne virus within the Phlebovirus genus. Although most infections caused by this virus present as asymptomatic or with minimal symptomatology, TOSV may emerge as a febrile disease or sporadic ...
Fátima Amaro +3 more
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Toscana Virus and Acute Meningitis, France [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 To the Editor: Sandfly fever Naples virus, Sandfly fever Sicilian virus, and Toscana virus (family Bunyaviridae, genus Phlebovirus) have been recognized as etiologic agents of human illnesses in European countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. These viruses are responsible for rapidly resolving diseases with nonspecific symptoms such as fever and ...
Christophe N. Peyrefitte +13 more
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Toscana Virus Isolated from Sandflies, Tunisia
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013 On July 25, 2012, SBV infection was identified in a cow in Jura Canton in the northwestern, French-speaking region of Switzerland (Romandie) (7).A serologic study conducted in the United Kingdom showed that several cattle and sheep seroconverted for SBV in 2012 (8).However, our data show that SBV survived the winter, when midge numbers decreased.The ...
Laurence Bichaud +9 more
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Seroprevalence study of Toscana virus in Yafran area, Libya
Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2022 Background & objectives: In Mediterranean countries, infection of Toscana virus is a public health problem during the summer season, related to sandflies activity; it may cause aseptic meningitis and mild meningoencephalitis. We investigated the presence
Walid K Saadawi +4 more
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Serological Evidence of Phleboviruses in Domestic Animals on the Pre-Apennine Hills (Northern Italy)
Viruses, 2021 Phleboviruses are arboviruses transmitted by sand flies, mosquitoes and ticks. Some sand fly-borne phleboviruses cause illnesses in humans, such as the summer fevers caused by the Sicilian and Naples viruses or meningitis caused by the Toscana virus ...
Davide Lelli +9 more
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 Toscana virus (TOSV) is a common cause of meningitis in Mediterranean area. However, rare publications reported extra-meningeal signs. We report the third case of testicular pain associated with TOSV meningitis despite the fact that there is no evidence ...
Hélène Mascitti +4 more
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The phenuivirus Toscana virus makes an atypical use of vacuolar acidity to enter host cells.
PLoS Pathogens, 2023 Toscana virus is a major cause of arboviral disease in humans in the Mediterranean basin during summer. However, early virus-host cell interactions and entry mechanisms remain poorly characterized. Investigating iPSC-derived human neurons and cell lines,
Jana Koch +15 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019 Background We report a rare case of Toscana virus infection imported into Switzerland in a 23-year old man who travelled to Imperia (Italy) 10 days before onset of symptoms. Symptoms included both meningitis and as well epididymitis.
Fabian Tschumi +8 more
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Serologic evidence of widespread Toscana virus infection in Bulgaria
Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2020 Background: Toscana virus (TOSV) is an emerging sandfly-borne virus that is endemic in Mediterranean countries. Methods: In order to detect TOSV circulation among the human population of Bulgaria, serum samples from 459 apparently healthy adult ...
Iva Christova +5 more
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