Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2007)

Cocirculation of 2 Genotypes of Toscana Virus, Southeastern France

  • Remi N. Charrel,
  • Arezki Izri,
  • Sarah Temmam,
  • Pascal Delaunay,
  • Isabelle Toga,
  • Henri Dumon,
  • Pierre Marty,
  • Xavier de Lamballerie,
  • Philippe Parola

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1303.061086
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 3
pp. 465 – 468

Abstract

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Toscana virus (TOSV), an arthropodborne phlebovirus transmitted by sandflies, can cause febrile illness and meningitis. The vector of TOSV in France was unknown. We detected TOSV RNA in 2 (female Phlebotomus perniciosus) of 61 pools of sandflies captured in southeastern France. Two genotypes of TOSV were identified.

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