TABLE 1.

Epidemiological, clinical, and CSF characteristics of seven patients with Toscana virus infection of the CNS

Characteristic(s)	Patients
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Epidemiological data:
Month of infection	July	July	May	September	September	September	September
Age (years)	16	19	23	23	27	37	44
Sex (M/F)	F	F	M	M	M	F	M
Clinical features:
Fever max. (°C)	38.5	37.8	37.6	37.5	38.2	38.5	38
Headache	Severe	Severe	Severe	Severe	Severe	Severe	Severe
Stiff neck	Strong	Strong	Weak	Strong	Weak	Weak	Strong
Vomiting	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Neurological deficits	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Neuroimaging-change	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
EEG-change	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Length of illness (days)	16	10	22	13	13	14	18
Sequelae	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
CSF findings:
WBC count (×106/ liter)	200	200	300	900	40	350	30
Lymphocytes (%)	90	60	85	77	88	85	86
Protein (mg/liter)	668	1430	1840	1420	1450	1830	1100
Glucose (ratio)	0.69	0.65	0.72	0.61	0.66	0.67	0.66