First detection of Toscana virus in Corsica, France

L Bichaud; A Izri; X de Lamballerie; G Moureau; R N Charrel

doi:10.1111/1469-0691.12347

First detection of Toscana virus in Corsica, France

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2014 Feb;20(2):O101-4. doi: 10.1111/1469-0691.12347. Epub 2013 Aug 30.

Authors

L Bichaud¹, A Izri, X de Lamballerie, G Moureau, R N Charrel

Affiliation

¹ UMR_D 190 'Emergence des Pathologies Virales', IRD French Institute of Research for Development, EHESP French School of Public Health, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France; IHU Mediterranée Infection, APHM Public Hospitals of Marseille, Marseille, France.

PMID: 23992202
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12347

Abstract

Toscana virus (TOSV) was detected for the first time from Phlebotomus perniciosus sandflies in Corsica, a French Mediterranean island. Genetic analysis showed that Corsican TOSV belongs to lineage A, together with Italian, Tunisian, Turkish and other French strains. The demonstration of TOSV in Corsica indicates that autochthonous and tourist populations are at risk of infection. Hence, physicians must consider TOSV as a possible cause of aseptic meningitis and unidentified febrile illness during the warm season.

Keywords: Emerging viruses; Toscana virus; phlebotomine sandflies; phlebovirus; summer aseptic meningitis; summer febrile illness.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Cluster Analysis
France
Genotype
Humans
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Phlebotomus / virology*
RNA, Viral / genetics
Sandfly fever Naples virus / classification
Sandfly fever Naples virus / genetics
Sandfly fever Naples virus / isolation & purification*
Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

RNA, Viral

Associated data

GENBANK/KC700343