Shrews as reservoir hosts of borna disease virus.
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.
Hilbe
Monika
M
University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. hilbe@vetpath.unizh.ch
Herrsche
Romana
R
Kolodziejek
Jolanta
J
Nowotny
Norbert
N
Zlinszky
Kati
K
Ehrensperger
Felix
F
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