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Toscana Virus Infections of the Central Nervous System in Children:A Report of 14 Cases J Pediatr 132:144-148, Braito,A.,et al, 1998 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract The study indicated that(1)Toscana virus has been endemic in the Siena province for at least 15 years;(2)the virus is responsible for at least 80%of acute viral infections of the CNS in children throughout the summertime;(3)the clinical signs and symptoms range from aseptic meningitis to meningoencephalitis;(4)infected children resided habitually or temporarily in rural or suburban areas of the Siena province,where ecological characteristics allow arthropods to be peridomestic in human settlements.Toscana virus is the most common viral agent involved in acute infections of CNS in children in central Italy.

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