title: Shrews as reservoir hosts of borna disease virus.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. hilbe@vetpath.unizh.ch
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hilbe
authors.forename: Romana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Herrsche
authors.forename: Jolanta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kolodziejek
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nowotny
authors.forename: Kati
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zlinszky
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ehrensperger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001890:Borna Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D001891:Borna disease virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001921:Brain / Q000821:virology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D006321:Heart / Q000821:virology; D051379:Mice; D008971:Moles / Q000821:virology; D012788:Shrews / Q000821:virology*; D013557:Switzerland