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Volume 27, Number 5—May 2021
Dispatch

Emergence of Toscana Virus, Romania, 2017–2018

Corneliu P. Popescu1Comments to Author , Ani I. Cotar1, Sorin Dinu, Mihaela Zaharia, Gratiela Tardei, Emanoil Ceausu, Daniela Badescu, Simona Ruta, Cornelia S. Ceianu, and Simin A. Florescu
Author affiliations: Dr. Victor Babes Clinical Hospital of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Bucharest, Romania (C.P. Popescu, M. Zaharia, G. Tardei, E. Ceausu, S.A. Florescu); European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Study Group for Infectious Diseases of the Brain, Basel, Switzerland (C.P. Popescu, M. Zaharia); Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest (C.P. Popescu, M. Zaharia, S. Ruta, S.A. Florescu); Cantacuzino National Medico–Military Institute for Research and Development, Bucharest (A.I. Cotar, S. Dinu, D. Badescu, C.S. Ceianu); Stefan S. Nicolau Institute of Virology, Bucharest (S. Ruta)

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Phylogenetic tree of TOSV identified in 8 patients, Bucharest and surrounding area, Romania, 2017–2018, and reference sequences. Red diamonds indicate sequence obtained in this study; the other sequences included in the analysis were retrieved from GenBank. Numbers at nodes represent bootstrap percentages (values <50% are not shown). Phylogenetic relatedness was inferred from a 111-nt sequence of nucleocapsid gene, small segment (positions 1392–1502, numbering according to GenBank accession no. NC_006318.1) by using the neighbor-joining, Kimura 2-parameter method and 1,000 bootstrap replicates. SFNS, sandfly fever Naples virus; TOSV, Toscana virus.

Figure. Phylogenetic tree of TOSV identified in 8 patients, Bucharest and surrounding area, Romania, 2017–2018, and reference sequences. Red diamonds indicate sequence obtained in this study; the other sequences included in the analysis were retrieved from GenBank. Numbers at nodes represent bootstrap percentages (values <50% are not shown). Phylogenetic relatedness was inferred from a 111-nt sequence of nucleocapsid gene, small segment (positions 1392–1502, numbering according to GenBank accession no. NC_006318.1) by using the neighbor-joining, Kimura 2-parameter method and 1,000 bootstrap replicates. SFNS, sandfly fever Naples virus; TOSV, Toscana virus.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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