title: Acute meningitis owing to phlebotomus fever Toscana virus imported to France.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Bégin, Saint Mandé, France.
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Defuentes
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rapp
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Imbert
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Durand
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Debord
mesh_terms: 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