Cocirculation of 2 genotypes of Toscana virus, southeastern France.
Toscana virus (TOSV), an arthropodborne phlebovirus transmitted by sandflies, can cause febrile illness and meningitis. The vector of TOSV in France was unknown. We detected TOSV RNA in 2 (female Phlebotomus perniciosus) of 61 pools of sandflies captured in southeastern France. Two genotypes of TOSV were identified.
Charrel
Rémi N
RN
Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France. rnc-virophdm@gulliver.fr
Izri
Arezki
A
Temmam
Sarah
S
Delaunay
Pascal
P
Toga
Isabelle
I
Dumon
Henri
H
Marty
Pierre
P
de Lamballerie
Xavier
X
Parola
Philippe
P
D000818:Animals; D002044:Bunyaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000821:virology*; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000821:virology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D029301:Sandfly fever Naples virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013045:Species Specificity
D012367:RNA, Viral