| screening red foxes (vulpes vulpes) for possible viral causes of encephalitis. | next to various known infectious and non-infectious causes, the aetiology of non-suppurative encephalitis in red foxes (vulpes vulpes) often remains unclear. known causes in foxes imply rabies, canine distemper, toxoplasmosis, aujeszky's disease, as well as parvovirus, adenovirus, circovirus and flavivirus infections. in this study, particular attention was paid on bornaviruses, since red foxes are predators of bicoloured white-toothed shrews, a reservoir of borna disease virus 1 (bodv-1). in ad ... | 2016 | 27590473 |
| new world camelids are sentinels for the presence of borna disease virus. | borna disease (bd), a frequently fatal neurologic disorder caused by borna disease virus 1 (bodv-1), has been observed for decades in horses, sheep, and other mammals in certain regions of europe. the bicoloured white-toothed shrew (crocidura leucodon) was identified as a persistently infected species involved in virus transmission. recently, bodv-1 attracted attention as a cause of fatal encephalitis in humans. here, we report investigations on bodv-1-infected llamas from a farm in a bd endemic ... | 2021 | 33501762 |
| borna disease outbreak with high mortality in an alpaca herd in a previously unreported endemic area in germany. | borna disease virus 1 (bodv-1) is the causative agent of borna disease, an often fatal neurologic condition of domestic mammals, including new world camelids, in endemic areas in central europe. recently, bodv-1 gained further attention by the confirmation of fatal zoonotic infections in humans. although borna disease and bodv-1 have been described already over the past decades, comprehensive reports of borna disease outbreaks in domestic animals employing state-of-the-art diagnostic methods are ... | 2020 | 32223069 |
| infections of horses and shrews with bornaviruses in upper austria: a novel endemic area of borna disease. | borna disease, a lethal infection with borna disease virus-1 (bodv-1), was diagnosed in four horses from upper austria in 2015 and 2016. all cases occurred in winter (two cases in february 2015 and two cases in december 2016), and the maximal distance of the affected stables was 17 km. to demonstrate whether the causative agent was also harbored by its reservoir host, the bicolored white-toothed shrew (crocidura leucodon), 28 shrews from this geographic area were collected in 2015 and investigat ... | 2017 | 28634359 |
| shedding of infectious borna disease virus-1 in living bicolored white-toothed shrews. | many rna viruses arise from animal reservoirs, namely bats, rodents and insectivores but mechanisms of virus maintenance and transmission still need to be addressed. the bicolored white-toothed shrew (crocidura leucodon) has recently been identified as reservoir of the neurotropic borna disease virus 1 (bodv-1). | 2015 | 26313904 |
| low prevalence of borna disease virus 1 (bodv-1) igg antibodies in humans from areas endemic for animal borna disease of southern germany. | borna disease virus-1 (bodv-1) was recently discovered as cause of severe and often fatal encephalitis in humans. bodv-1 is known to cause neurological disease in horses and sheep mainly in south and central germany. the virus is maintained in bicolored white-toothed shrews (crocidura leucodon). the incidence of infection and risk factors in humans are completely unresolved. veterinarians may be disproportionally bodv-1-exposed through contact to animals not recognized to be bodv-1 infected. we ... | 2019 | 31882942 |