title: Meningoencephalitis due to Toscana virus in a French traveler returning from central Italy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Loïc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Epelboin
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hausfater
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schuffenecker
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Riou
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zeller
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bricaire
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bossi
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M