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. 2005 Dec;43(12):6186-8.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.12.6186-6188.2005.

Toscana virus central nervous system infections in southern Italy

Giuseppe Di Nicuolo  1 , Pasquale Pagliano, Sonia Battisti, Maria Starace, Vera Mininni, Vittorio Attanasio, Francesco Saverio Faella
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Toscana virus central nervous system infections in southern Italy

Giuseppe Di Nicuolo et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Dec.

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.

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