The Alongshan virus: A comprehensive review of its pathogenic characteristics, epidemiology, and detection strategies

This review outlines the emerging #tickborne #AlongshanVirus, its segmented genome, #pathogenicity, #neurotropism, global spread, & molecular detection advances, while stressing gaps in transmission and the need for better surveillance and diagnostics.

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Unusual Clinical Features of Toscana Virus Central Nervous System Infections in Italy Analysis of 35 neuroinvasive Toscana virus cases shows mostly mild meningitis with recovery, rare encephalitis needing ICU care, and rising neurotropic severity

This study reviews 35 neuroinvasive #Toscanavirus cases in Italy, showing present as benign #meningitis with full recovery, while rare #encephalitis requires #ICU care & may cause #sequelae, highlighting TOSV’s #neurotropism & rising severity risk.

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The influence of the pre-membrane and envelope proteins on structure, pathogenicity and tropism of tick-borne encephalitis virus Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is a neurotropic flavivirus that causes thousands of human infections annually. Viral tropism in the brain is determined by the presence of necessary receptors, en...

Study by Överby and colleagues @umeauniversitet.bsky.social reveals how TBEV’s structural proteins shape its brain tropism and pathogenicity #TBEV #Flavivirus #Neurotropism
bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.16.618642,
peer reviewed by Review Commons eeb.embo.org/doi/10.1101/2024.10.16.618642.