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

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: Wendy K. Jo, Vanessa M. Pfankuche, Annika Lehmbecker, Byron Martina, Ana Rubio-Garcia, Stefanie Becker, Jochen Kruppa, Klaus Jung, Daniela Klotz, Julia Metzger, Martin Ludlow, Wolfgang Baumgärtner, Erhard van der Vries, Albert Osterhaus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Batai virus
viruses
infection
encephalitis
meningitis/encephalitis
harbor seal
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/9/17-1829_article

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