ASEPTIC-MENINGITIS CAUSED BY SANDFLY FEVER VIRUS, SEROTYPE TOSCANA

Authors
SCHWARZ TF GILCH S JAGER G
Citation
Tf. Schwarz et al., ASEPTIC-MENINGITIS CAUSED BY SANDFLY FEVER VIRUS, SEROTYPE TOSCANA, Clinical infectious diseases, 21(3), 1995, pp. 669-671
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Clinical infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
10584838
Volume
21
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
669 - 671
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-4838(1995)21:3<669:ACBSFV>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Sandfly fever virus, serotype Toscana (TOS), is endemic in some Medite rranean countries and causes sandfly fever (pappataci fever). In some patients, TOS may cause meningitis and meningoencephalitis. We report on two German adults returning from Italy with TOS-related meningitis, complicated in one case by abducens nerve palsy. TOS infection should be considered as a cause of acute central nervous system disorders in patients returning from areas of endemicity.