title: Toscana virus central nervous system infections in southern Italy.
abstract: Toscana virus was detected by reverse transcription-nested PCR in 5.6% of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from patients with meningitis and encephalitis during the summer in southern Italy. The central nervous system infections were associated with young adults and with a substantially benign clinical course. Presenting features and CSF findings are also discussed in the present report.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Virology, D. Cotugno Hospital, Via G. Quagliariello 54, Naples 80131, Italy. giuseppe.dinicuolo@ospedalecotugno.it
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Nicuolo
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pagliano
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Battisti
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Starace
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mininni
authors.forename: Vittorio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Attanasio
authors.forename: Francesco Saverio
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Faella
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000821:virology; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008587:Meningitis, Viral / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D010217:Phlebotomus Fever / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D029301:Sandfly fever Naples virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*