The sand fly-transmitted Toscana virus is recognized as an etiologic agent of an aseptic meningitis with a long convalescence. This infection has been reported overall in many tourists or in a seronegative population circulating in endemic Mediterranean areas (Italy, Portugal, Egypt, and Cyprus). We report a cluster of acute Toscana virus infections in the local population during the summer of 1995. Twenty-one clinical cases of meningitis were investigated for the presence of Toscana virus by nested PCR performed on the S segment of the virus RNA extracted from cerebrospinal fluid samples.

Valassina, M., Cusi, M.G., Valensin, P.E. (1996). Rapid identification of Toscana virus by nested PCR during an outbreak in the Siena area of Italy. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 34(10), 2500-2502 [10.1128/jcm.34.10.2500-2502.1996].

Rapid identification of Toscana virus by nested PCR during an outbreak in the Siena area of Italy

Cusi M. G.;Valensin P. E.
1996-01-01

Abstract

The sand fly-transmitted Toscana virus is recognized as an etiologic agent of an aseptic meningitis with a long convalescence. This infection has been reported overall in many tourists or in a seronegative population circulating in endemic Mediterranean areas (Italy, Portugal, Egypt, and Cyprus). We report a cluster of acute Toscana virus infections in the local population during the summer of 1995. Twenty-one clinical cases of meningitis were investigated for the presence of Toscana virus by nested PCR performed on the S segment of the virus RNA extracted from cerebrospinal fluid samples.
1996
Valassina, M., Cusi, M.G., Valensin, P.E. (1996). Rapid identification of Toscana virus by nested PCR during an outbreak in the Siena area of Italy. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 34(10), 2500-2502 [10.1128/jcm.34.10.2500-2502.1996].
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