Cocirculation of 2 genotypes of Toscana virus, southeastern France

Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Mar;13(3):465-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1303.061086.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bunyaviridae Infections / epidemiology*
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology*
  • Female
  • France / epidemiology
  • Insect Vectors / virology*
  • Phlebotomus / virology*
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Viral / analysis
  • Sandfly fever Naples virus / classification
  • Sandfly fever Naples virus / genetics
  • Sandfly fever Naples virus / isolation & purification*
  • Species Specificity

Substances

  • RNA, Viral