Detection of Toscana virus from an adult traveler returning to Australia with encephalitis. Issue 10 (29th May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Arden, Katherine E.; Heney, Claire; Shaban, Babak; Nimmo, Graeme R.; Nissen, Michael D.; Sloots, Theo P.; Mackay, Ian M.
• Is Part Of: Journal of medical virology. Volume 89:Issue 10(2017)
• Page Start: 1861
• Page End: 1864
• Publication Date: 2017-05-29
• Subjects: encephalitis -- high throughput sequencing -- Phlebovirus -- Toscana virus -- travel; Virology -- Periodicals; 616
• DOI: 10.1002/jmv.24839
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0146-6615

Abstract

Abstract : Toscana virus (TOSV) is identified in sandflies, animals, and humans around the Mediterranean Sea. TOSV has not been reported in Australia. During investigations of cerebrospinal fluid samples from patients with encephalitis, TOSV genetic sequences were identified in a traveler returning to Australia from Europe. TOSV should be considered, especially during May to October, in travelers to Australia who embarked in countries in and around the Mediterranean Sea and who subsequently present for medical care because of neurological symptoms.