Meningoencephalitis due to Toscana virus in a French traveler returning from central Italy.
Toscana virus (TOSV) is an arthropod-borne virus transmitted by sand flies of Phlebotomus species that has been recognized as an agent associated with acute meningitis and encephalitis around the Mediterranean. We report the first imported case of meningoencephalitis due to TOSV in a traveler returning from Central Italy to France.
Epelboin
Loïc
L
Department of Infectious Diseases, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France.
Hausfater
Pierre
P
Schuffenecker
Isabelle
I
Riou
Bruno
B
Zeller
Hervé
H
Bricaire
François
F
Bossi
Philippe
P
D000368:Aged; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008587:Meningitis, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D010217:Phlebotomus Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D029301:Sandfly fever Naples virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014195:Travel
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M