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
Publication date
March 2007
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
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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