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In this article, we present the findings of a seroprevalence study on TOSV in Bulgaria. We aim to assess the current epidemiological situation regarding TOSV in the country and raise clinical awareness.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Serum samples (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 1892) were collected in December 2023. Serological tests were performed using a commercial anti-TOSV ELISA kit.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies were detected in 6.4% (121\/1892) of the participants. A significantly higher seropositivity rate was found in the age group over 65 years compared with the age groups 18\u201329 and 40\u201364 (11.8% vs. 3.9% vs. 3.4%), as well as in males compared with females (8.0% vs. 5.3%). The seroprevalence rates in districts ranged from 0% to 18.5%. Higher seropositivity was found in the southern and northern regions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The seroprevalence rate of TOSV in Bulgaria, found in this study, is a significant decrease compared with the seropositivity rate of 24.5% reported in the country in 2018. The reasons for this are unknown and could possibly be related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the constantly changing environmental conditions. There is also a possibility that the higher seropositivity detected in 2018 together with the rise in clinical cases reported from endemic countries around that time might have been due to an unrecognized TOSV outbreak taking place in this period. Continued clinical awareness and surveillance are necessary for recognition and management of potential cases of TOSV neuroinfection, especially during summer.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1089\/vbz.2024.0050","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,10]],"date-time":"2024-10-10T11:21:29Z","timestamp":1728559289000},"page":"142-147","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Prevalence of Toscana Virus Antibodies in Residents of Bulgaria: A Nationwide Study Following the Pandemic of COVID-19"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"25","author":[{"given":"Iva","family":"Trifonova","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8390-9970","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kim","family":"Ngoc","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Teodora","family":"Gladnishka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Elitsa","family":"Panayotova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Evgenia","family":"Taseva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Vladislava","family":"Ivanova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Iva","family":"Vladimirova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eleonora","family":"Kuteva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Iva","family":"Christova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_5_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cmi.2015.07.012"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.tmaid.2012.11.006"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cmi.2019.12.015"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/microorganisms8010114"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijregi.2023.03.012"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3201\/eid1705.101052"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jinf.2011.11.012"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.5501\/wjv.v1.i5.135"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jiph.2019.07.008"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s13071-015-0826-1"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_12_1","unstructured":"European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and European Food Safety Authority. 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