| multiple detection of zoonotic variegated squirrel bornavirus 1 rna in different squirrel species suggests a possible unknown origin for the virus. | the recently discovered variegated squirrel bornavirus 1 (vsbv-1) caused the death of three squirrel breeders in germany. subsequent first screening of squirrels with in vivo collected swab samples and a vsbv-1-specific rt-qpcr revealed not only variegated squirrel infections (sciurus variegatoides), but also prevost's squirrels (callosciurus prevostii) as positive for vsbv-1 genome. in this study, 328 squirrels were tested using the established rt-qpcr assays. in 16 individual animals vsbv-1 rn ... | 2017 | 28593419 |