Detection of Toscana virus from an adult traveler returning to Australia with encephalitis
Author(s)
Arden, Katherine E
Heney, Claire
Shaban, Babak
Nimmo, Graeme R
Nissen, Michael D
Sloots, Theo P
Mackay, Ian M
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2017
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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.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.
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Journal Title
Journal of Medical Virology
Volume
89
Issue
10
Subject
Microbiology
Medical microbiology
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Virology
encephalitis
high throughput sequencing