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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 1998, p. 2103-2104, Vol. 36, No. 7
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Evidence of Toscana Virus Variants Circulating in Tuscany, Italy, during the Summers of 1995 to 1997

Marcello Valassina,* Anna Maria Cuppone, Silvia Bianchi, Laura Santini, and Maria Grazia Cusi

Department of Molecular Microbiology, Microbiology Section, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy

Received 1 December 1997/Returned for modification 14 January 1998/Accepted 6 April 1998

The Toscana virus can cause neurological infection in adults. This study of 112 cases of acute meningitis which occurred during the summers of 1995, 1996, and 1997 demonstrated the presence of viral RNA in the cerebrospinal fluid of 56 patients. Their sequence analysis shows four variants of the Toscana virus.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Dept. of Molecular Biology, Microbiol. Sect., University of Siena, Via Laterina 8, 53100 Siena, Italy. Phone: 39 577 263850. Fax: 39 577 263870. E-mail: VALASSINA{at}UNISI.IT.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 1998, p. 2103-2104, Vol. 36, No. 7
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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