Article
Two strains of Toscana virus show different virulence and replication capacity in mice and cell culture models
2024-12-11
Abstract excerpt
Toscana virus (TOSV), belonging to Phenuiviridae family, is circulating in most Mediterranean countries and is transmitted to humans by infected female sand flies. While most infections are asymptomatic, TOSV is considered as a leading cause of meningitis and encephalitis in humans during summer. Three TOSV genotypes (named A, B, and C) have been identified, although no virus strain belonging to lineage C has bee...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 5447e2f8-b83c-5d07-9925-d2496e015b5b
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.12.11.627885
