Shrews as reservoir hosts of borna disease virus

Borna disease virus (BDV) is the causative agent of severe T-cell-mediated meningoencephalitis in horses, sheep, and other animal species in central Europe. Here we report the first unequivocal detection of a BDV reservoir species, the bicolored white-toothed shrew, Crocidura leucodon, in an area in...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2006-04, Vol.12 (4), p.675-677
Main Authors: Hilbe, Monika, Herrsche, Romana, Kolodziejek, Jolanta, Nowotny, Norbert, Zlinszky, Kati, Ehrensperger, Felix
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
bicolored white-toothed shrew
Borna disease
Borna Disease - epidemiology
Borna Disease - virology
Borna disease virus
Borna disease virus - isolation & purification
Brain - virology
Causes of
Crocidura
Crocidura leucodon
Diagnosis
Disease Reservoirs - veterinary
Disease Reservoirs - virology
Dispatch
Equine encephalomyelitis
Heart - virology
Mice
Moles - virology
Shrews - virology
Switzerland
virus reservoir
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Summary:Borna disease virus (BDV) is the causative agent of severe T-cell-mediated meningoencephalitis in horses, sheep, and other animal species in central Europe. Here we report the first unequivocal detection of a BDV reservoir species, the bicolored white-toothed shrew, Crocidura leucodon, in an area in Switzerland with endemic Borna disease.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1204.051418