Detection of Specific Antibodies against Toscana Virus among Blood Donors in Northeastern Italy and Correlation with Sand Fly Abundance in 2014

Detection of Specific Antibodies against Toscana Virus among Blood Donors in Northeastern Italy and Correlation with Sand Fly Abundance in 2014

Toscana virus (TOSV) is a Phlebovirus transmitted by phlebotomine sand flies and is an important etiological agent of summer meningitis in the Mediterranean basin. Since TOSV infection is often asymptomatic, we evaluated the seroprevalence in blood donors (BDs) in the Bologna and Ferrara provinces (...

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Main Authors: Silvia Morini, Mattia Calzolari, Giada Rossini, Nadia Pascarelli, Andrea Porcellini, Vanda Randi, Maria Carla Re, Alessandro Albieri, Paolo Bonilauri, Romeo Bellini, Nazli Ayhan, Remi Charrel, Stefania Varani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-01-01
Series:Microorganisms
Subjects:
toscana virus
viral meningitis
seroprevalence
arbovirus
sand fly
<i>phlebotomus</i> spp.
neutralization
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/2/145

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