Association of Batai Virus Infection and Encephalitis in Harbor Seals, Germany, 2016

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...

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Main 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
Other Authors: LS Virologie, dIRAS RA-1, dI&I I&I-1
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2018
Subjects:
harbor seal
Online Access:https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/376519
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Summary: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.

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