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Broader Geographical Distribution of Toscana Virus in the Mediterranean Region Suggests the Existence of Larger Varieties of Sand Fly Vectors.
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- Phlebotomine sand fly distribution and abundance in France: A systematic review.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2024Pooled it
- Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of the Maghreb region: A systematic review of distribution, morphology, and role in the transmission of the pathogens.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Pooled it
- Incubation Period for Neuroinvasive Toscana Virus Infections.Emerging infectious diseases · 2021Pooled it
- Mirusha virus: A novel sand fly-borne phlebovirus with evidence of neutralizing antibodies in humans and dogs in Kosovo.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026Article
- Natural Infection by Toscana Virus and Other Phleboviruses in Wild Sand Flies From Spain: Prevalence, Genetic Characterization and Tripartite Interactions With Leishmania infantum and Wolbachia.Zoonoses and public health · 2026Article
- Catching up with old friends: a 2-year survey of phlebotomine sand fly-borne phleboviruses presence in southern Portugal.Parasites & vectors · 2026Article
- Molecular Epidemiology of Toscana Virus in Northern and Central Italy Using Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Clinical review of Toscana virus: a Mediterranean Neuroinvasive Phlebovirus.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2026Review
- Two strains of Toscana virus show different virulence and replication capacity in mice and cell culture models.Virulence · 2025Article
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- External quality assessment for molecular detection of sand fly-borne phleboviruses circulating in the Mediterranean Basin.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Development of a novel amplicon based whole-genome sequencing framework for improved surveillance of Toscana virus.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Susceptibility of diverse sand fly species to Toscana virus.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Genetic diversity of Toscana virus glycoproteins affects the kinetics of virus entry and the infectivity of newly produced virions.Npj viruses · 2025Article
- Evaluation of various membranes for blood-feeding in nine sand fly species and artificial feeding challenges in Sergentomyia minuta.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Seroprevalence of Toscana virus in blood donors in mainland Portugal.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Understanding and predicting the geographic distributions of phlebotomine sand flies in and around Europe.Climatic change · 2025Article
- Human neuroinvasive Toscana virus infections in Italy from 2016 to 2023: Increased incidence in 2022 and 2023.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2025Article
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- Toscana virus - an emerging Mediterranean arbovirus transmitted by sand flies.The Journal of general virology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Toscana virus (TOSV) is endemic in the Mediterranean basin, where it is transmitted by sand flies. TOSV can infect humans and cause febrile illness as well as neuroinvasive infections affecting the central and peripheral nervous systems. Although TOSV is a significant human pathogen, it remains neglected and there are consequently many gaps of knowledge. Recent seroepidemiology studies and case reports showed that TOSV's geographic distribution is much wider than was assumed a decade ago. The apparent extension of the TOSV circulation area raises the question of the sandfly species that are able to transmit the virus in natural conditions.
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