title: First detection of Toscana virus in Corsica, France.
abstract: Toscana virus (TOSV) was detected for the first time from Phlebotomus perniciosus sandflies in Corsica, a French Mediterranean island. Genetic analysis showed that Corsican TOSV belongs to lineage A, together with Italian, Tunisian, Turkish and other French strains. The demonstration of TOSV in Corsica indicates that autochthonous and tourist populations are at risk of infection. Hence, physicians must consider TOSV as a possible cause of aseptic meningitis and unidentified febrile illness during the warm season.
authors.affiliation: UMR_D 190 'Emergence des Pathologies Virales', IRD French Institute of Research for Development, EHESP French School of Public Health, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France; IHU Mediterranée Infection, APHM Public Hospitals of Marseille, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bichaud
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Izri
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: de Lamballerie
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moureau
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Charrel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005602:France; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000821:virology*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D029301:Sandfly fever Naples virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral
keywords: Emerging viruses; Toscana virus; phlebotomine sandflies; phlebovirus; summer aseptic meningitis; summer febrile illness