Revisiting Rustrela Virus: New Cases of Encephalitis and a Solution to the Capsid Enigma

ABSTRACT Rustrela virus (RusV; species Rubivirus strelense) is a recently discovered relative of rubella virus (RuV) that has been detected in cases of encephalitis in diverse mammals. Here, we diagnosed two additional cases of fatal RusV-associated meningoencephalitis in a South American coati (Nas...

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Published in:	Microbiology Spectrum
Main Authors:	Florian Pfaff, Angele Breithaupt, Dennis Rubbenstroth, Sina Nippert, Christina Baumbach, Sascha Gerst, Christoph Langner, Claudia Wylezich, Arnt Ebinger, Dirk Höper, Rainer G. Ulrich, Martin Beer
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Society for Microbiology 2022-04-01
Subjects:	rustrela virus rubivirus sequencing capsid intergenic region encephalitis
Online Access:	https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00103-22