Genetic diversity of Toscana virus

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Apr;15(4):574-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1504.081111.

Abstract

Distribution of Toscana virus (TOSV) is evolving with climate change, and pathogenicity may be higher in nonexposed populations outside areas of current prevalence (Mediterranean Basin). To characterize genetic diversity of TOSV, we determined the coding sequences of isolates from Spain and France. TOSV is more diverse than other well-studied phleboviruses (e.g.,Rift Valley fever virus).

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Arthropod Vectors / virology
  • Bunyaviridae Infections / epidemiology*
  • Bunyaviridae Infections / transmission
  • Bunyaviridae Infections / virology*
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology*
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / transmission
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / virology*
  • Evolution, Molecular
  • Female
  • France / epidemiology
  • Genes, Viral
  • Genetic Variation
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Phylogeny
  • Sandfly fever Naples virus / classification
  • Sandfly fever Naples virus / genetics*
  • Sandfly fever Naples virus / isolation & purification
  • Spain / epidemiology