Acute meningitis owing to phlebotomus fever Toscana virus imported to France.
Acute lymphocytic meningitis, seen in France in summer, is often due to enteroviruses. Arboviruses as West Nile and tick-borne encephalitis do exist in Europe, but other viruses are rarely considered in patients unless they have had recent tropical travel. Toscana virus infection, which is endemic, especially in Italy,1-3 has been documented in some European travelers returning from Italy,4-6 but surprisingly was not documented in France until recently.7 We report a case of meningitis caused by Toscana virus imported to France.
Defuentes
Gilles
G
Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Bégin, Saint Mandé, France.
Rapp
Christophe
C
Imbert
Patrick
P
Durand
Jean-Paul
JP
Debord
Thierry
T
D000208:Acute Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008587:Meningitis, Viral / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010217:Phlebotomus Fever / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D029301:Sandfly fever Naples virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014195:Travel