title: Toscana virus encephalitis following a holiday in Sicily.
abstract: We report a case of Toscana virus encephalitis. This emerging pathogen is among the three most common causes of meningoencephalitis in Europe during the warm season, yet remains under-recognised. Doctors should consider Toscana virus infection in patients presenting with neurological symptoms who have a relevant exposure history during the summer months.
authors.affiliation: Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory, Public Health England, Porton Down, UK.
authors.forename: Jane C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Osborne
authors.affiliation: Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory, Public Health England, Porton Down, UK Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Oxford University Hospital NHS Trust, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: Elham
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Khatamzas
authors.affiliation: Essex Centre for Neurological Sciences, Queen's Hospital, Romford, UK.
authors.forename: Anjum
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Misbahuddin
authors.affiliation: Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory, Public Health England, Porton Down, UK.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Queen's Hospital, Romford, UK.
authors.forename: Anand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sivaramakrishnan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Breen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000821:virology*; D010217:Phlebotomus Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D029301:Sandfly fever Naples virus; D012802:Sicily
keywords: INFECTIOUS DISEASES; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUROVIROLOGY