TY - JOUR
T1 - Shrews as reservoir hosts of borna disease virus
AU - Hilbe, Monika
AU - Herrsche, Romana
AU - Kolodziejek, Jolanta
AU - Nowotny, Norbert
AU - Zlinszky, Kati
AU - Ehrensperger, Felix
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.3201/eid1204.051418
DO - 10.3201/eid1204.051418
M3 - Article
C2 - 16704819
AN - SCOPUS:33645468745
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 12
SP - 675
EP - 677
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 4
ER -
