Evidence of an autochtonous Toscana virus strain in Croatia (CROSBI ID 176639)
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Punda-Polić, Volga ; Mohar, Bojana ; Duh, Darja ; Bradarić, Nikola ; Korva, Miša ; Fajs, Luka ; Saksida, Ana ; Avšič-Županc, Tatjana
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Evidence of an autochtonous Toscana virus strain in Croatia
Phleboviruses are large and widespread group of viruses that are transmitted by arthropods and they have been reported to circulate in endemic regions of Mediterranean Basin, including Croatia. Objectives were tTo investigate the role of Toscana virus, as a cause of the aseptic meningitis, in summer months in Croatia. Samples from 30 patients with aseptic meningitis were retrospectively tested by serology and RT-PCR for TOSV. TOSV RNA was detected in 2/30 and TOSV IgM antibodies were found in 4/30 of patients. Phylogenetic analysis of partial L and S segments suggests that TOSV from Croatia represents an autochthonous strain. The study has confirmed the role of TOSV as an agent that causes aseptic meningitis in Croatia, therefore it should be considered by physicians when encountering meningitis or febrile illness among indigenous population or travellers during the summer months.
Phleboviruses; Toscana virus; aseptic meningitis; Croatia
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Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita, Veterinarska medicina