Severe Encephalitis Caused by Toscana Virus, Greece
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Acknowledgments We thank Olivier Bourry, José GomezPeñate, and Hubert Bassene for their help during the conduct of field work, Jean-Paul Durand, and all the persons who contributed to the study, especially the French military veterinarians. We thank also the team of the virology laboratory of the Institut de recherche biomédicale des armées (William Daries, Patrick Gravier, and Olivier Merle) for processing the samples.
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