Journal article
Shrews as reservoir hosts of borna disease virus.
- Hilbe M University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. hilbe@vetpath.unizh.ch
- Herrsche R
- Kolodziejek J
- Nowotny N
- Zlinszky K
- Ehrensperger F
- 2006-05-18
Published in:
- Emerging infectious diseases. - 2006
Animals
Borna Disease
Borna disease virus
Brain
Disease Reservoirs
Heart
Mice
Moles
Shrews
Switzerland
English
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.
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- English
- Open access status
- gold
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- DOI 10.3201/eid1204.051418
- PMID 16704819
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/69262
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