Toscana virus central nervous system infections in southern Italy.

ABSTRACT: Toscana virus was detected by reverse transcription-nested PCR in 5.6% of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from patients with meningitis and encephalitis during the summer in southern Italy. The central nervous system infections were associated with young adults and with a substantially benign clinical course. Presenting features and CSF findings are also discussed in the present report.

SUBMITTER: Di Nicuolo G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1317182 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature