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Meningoencephalitis Due to Toscana Virus in a French Traveler Returning From Central Italy
- Source :
- Journal of Travel Medicine, Journal of Travel Medicine, Wiley-Blackwell, 2008, 15 (5), pp.361-363. ⟨10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00221.x⟩, Journal of Travel Medicine, 2008, 15 (5), pp.361-363. ⟨10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00221.x⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2008.
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Abstract
- International audience; 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.
- Subjects :
- Male
MESH: Sandfly fever Naples virus
Antibodies, Viral
0302 clinical medicine
Meningoencephalitis
[SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases
Phlebotomus Fever
Travel medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Phlebotomus
MESH: Travel
MESH: Aged
MESH: Immunoglobulin G
Travel
0303 health sciences
biology
MESH: Meningitis, Viral
General Medicine
Meningitis, Viral
MESH: Immunoglobulin M
3. Good health
Italy
France
Meningitis
Encephalitis
medicine.medical_specialty
MESH: Phlebotomus Fever
03 medical and health sciences
stomatognathic system
parasitic diseases
medicine
Humans
MESH: Meningoencephalitis
Aged
MESH: Humans
030306 microbiology
Toscana virus
business.industry
MESH: Italy
Sandfly fever Naples virus
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Virology
MESH: Male
MESH: France
Immunoglobulin M
Immunoglobulin G
Immunology
[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
business
MESH: Antibodies, Viral
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17088305 and 11951982
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Travel Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0cc114f5986f804e27867d143fb03f56
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00221.x