title: Toscana virus infection in Catalonia (Spain).
abstract: Toscana virus (TOSV), an arthropod-borne phlebovirus, is an important agent of acute meningitis and meningoencephalitis in the Mediterranean area. The epidemiology of the infection in humans in Catalonia is at present unknown. In this study, we found a seroprevalence of infection of 6%, and 2 clinical cases were detected by serology and/or PCR.
authors: Subdirecció General de Vigilància I Resposta a Emergències de Salut Pública, Direcció General de Salut Pública, Departament de Salut de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
authors: Neus
authors: N
authors: Cardeñosa
authors: Diana
authors: D
authors: Kaptoul
authors: Pedro
authors: P
authors: Fernández-Viladrich
authors: Carles
authors: C
authors: Aranda
authors: Fernando
authors: F
authors: de Ory
authors: Jordi
authors: J
authors: Niubó
authors: Pere
authors: P
authors: Plans
authors: Angela
authors: A
authors: Domínguez
authors: Giovanni
authors: G
authors: Fedele
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Tenorio
authors: María Paz
authors: MP
authors: Sánchez-Seco
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D008587:Meningitis, Viral / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010217:Phlebotomus Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D029301:Sandfly fever Naples virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M