Background Toscana virus is an arbovirus transmitted by sand flies within the Mediterranean
area where it can cause febrile illness and neuroinvasive infections during the seasonal …

Introduction The international literature shows good evidence of a significant rate of measles
susceptibility among healthcare workers (HCWs). As such, they are an important public …

Metagenomic sequencing is a powerful technique that enables detection of the full spectrum
of pathogens present in any specimen in a single test. Hence, metagenomics is increasingly …

Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) can capture the full spectrum of viral
pathogens in a specimen and has the potential to become an all-in-one solution for virus …

The ability of viral metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing (mNGS) to unbiasedly detect
nucleic acids in a clinical sample is a powerful tool for advanced diagnosis of viral infections …

Meningoencephalitis of unknown origin (MUO) describes a group of meningoencephalitides
in dogs with a hitherto unknown trigger. An infectious agent has been suggested as one …

We report detecting infectious Toscana virus in the seminal fluid of a 25-year-old man from
Italy returning from Elba Island. The presence of infectious virus in human semen adds …

Toscana virus (TOSV) is an emerging pathogen in the Mediterranean area and is
neuroinvasive in its most severe form. Basic knowledge on TOSV biology is limited. We …

To better identify emerging or reemerging pathogens in patients with difficult-to-diagnose
infections, it is important to improve access to advanced molecular testing methods. This is …

Current routine diagnosis of community-acquired meningitis (CAM) by multiplex real-time
polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is limited in the number of tested pathogens and their …