Imported aseptic meningitis due to Toscana virus acquired on the island of Elba, Italy, August 2008

B Sonderegger; H Hächler; G Dobler; M Frei

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Imported aseptic meningitis due to Toscana virus acquired on the island of Elba, Italy, August 2008
B Sonderegger¹ , H Hächler² , G Dobler³ , M Frei⁴
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Medicine, Hospital of Lucerne, Switzerland ² Institute of Medical Microbiology, Hospital of Lucerne, Switzerland ³ Institute of Microbiology of the Bundeswehr, Munich, Germany ⁴ Medical Practice for Tropical and Travel Medicine, Lucerne, Switzerland

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Citation style for this article: Sonderegger B, Hächler H, Dobler G, Frei M. Imported aseptic meningitis due to Toscana virus acquired on the island of Elba, Italy, August 2008. Euro Surveill. 2009;14(1):pii=19079. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.14.01.19079-en Received: 23 Dec 2008

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We describe a case of aseptic meningitis due to Toscana Virus imported to Switzerland and discuss the epidemiological situation. To our knowledge this is the first description of this infection acquired on the Island of Elba.

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