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Afebrile meningoencephalitis with transient central facial paralysis due to Toscana virus infection, southeastern France, 2014 [corrected].

Authors :
Marlinge M
Crespy L
Zandotti C
Piorkowski G
Kaphan E
Charrel RN
Ninove L
Source :
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin [Euro Surveill] 2014 Dec 04; Vol. 19 (48), pp. 20974. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Dec 04.
Publication Year :
2014

Abstract

We report a case of meningoencephalitis caused by Toscana virus (TOSV) with central facial paralysis lasting over two days acquired in south-eastern France. The patient was not febrile either before or during the course of the disease. The diagnosis was established by both real-time RT-PCR and virus isolation with complete genome sequencing. This case emphasises the need to consider TOSV in non-febrile neurological syndromes in people living in or having travelled to the Mediterranean area.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1560-7917
Volume :
19
Issue :
48
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
25496570
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.48.20974