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- Title
Association of Batai Virus Infection and Encephalitis in Harbor Seals, Germany, 2016.
- Authors
Jo, Wendy K.; Pfankuche, Vanessa M.; Lehmbecker, Annika; Martina, Byron; Rubio-Garcia, Ana; Becker, Stefanie; Kruppa, Jochen; Jung, Klaus; Klotz, Daniela; Metzger, Julia; Ludlow, Martin; Baumgärtner, Wolfgang; van der Vries, Erhard; Osterhaus, Albert
- Abstract
We isolated Batai virus from the brain of a euthanized, 26-year-old, captive harbor seal with meningoencephalomyelitis in Germany. We provide evidence that this orthobunyavirus can naturally infect the central nervous system of a mammal. The full-genome sequence showed differences from a previously reported virus isolate from a mosquito in Germany.
- Subjects
GERMANY; ENCEPHALITIS; BRAIN diseases; CENTRAL nervous system viral diseases; MAMMALS; MOSQUITO vectors; ENCEPHALITIS diagnosis; ANIMAL experimentation; ANIMAL populations; DISEASE vectors; COMPARATIVE studies; DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis; BIOLOGICAL evolution; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; MOSQUITOES; OCEAN; RESEARCH; RNA viruses; EVALUATION research; RNA virus infections; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018, Vol 24, Issue 9, p1691
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2409.171829