Abstract
Toscana Virus Infection in American Traveler Returning from Sicily, 2009
Highlights
We report Toscana virus (TOSV) infection of an American male physician, 65 years of age, who traveled to Sicily for 3 weeks and returned to the United States in October 2009
TOSV RNA was detected in a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sample collected on day 1 of illness by using reverse transcription–PCR [4]
Phylogenetic analyses of the newly determined sequences and sequences previously determined for Mediterranean TOSV isolates of diverse origin were carried out by using MEGA version 4 [6]
Summary
Toscana Virus Infection in American Traveler Returning from Sicily, 2009 TOSV has been detected in sandflies in Sicily [3], we are not aware of any historically documented human infection with TOSV in this southernmost region of Italy. We report TOSV infection of an American male physician, 65 years of age, who traveled to Sicily for 3 weeks and returned to the United States in October 2009.
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