title: A broad spectrum screening of Schmallenberg virus antibodies in wildlife animals in Germany.
abstract: To identify native wildlife species possibly susceptible to infection with Schmallenberg virus (SBV), a midge-transmitted orthobunyavirus that predominantly infects domestic ruminants, samples from various free-living ruminants, but also carnivores, small mammals and wild boar were analyzed serologically. Before 2011, no SBV-specific antibodies were detectable in any of the tested species, thereafter, a large proportion of the ruminant population became seropositive, while every sample taken from carnivores or small mammals tested negative. Surprisingly, SBV-specific-antibodies were also present in a large number of blood samples from wild boar during the 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 hunting seasons. Hence, free-ranging artiodactyls may play a role as wildlife host.
authors.affiliation: Junior Research Group Wildlife Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Südufer 10, 17493, Greifswald, Insel Riems, Germany. susan.mouchantat@fli.bund.de.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mouchantat
authors.affiliation: Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Südufer 10, 17493, Greifswald, Insel Riems, Germany. kerstin.wernike@fli.bund.de.
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wernike
authors.affiliation: Institute of Wildlife Research, Pützchens Chaussee 228, 53229, Bonn, Germany. walburga.lutz@lanuv.nrw.de.
authors.forename: Walburga
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lutz
authors.affiliation: Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Südufer 10, 17493, Greifswald, Insel Riems, Germany. bernd.hoffmann@fli.bund.de.
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.affiliation: Institute for Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Südufer 10, 17493, Greifswald, Insel Riems, Germany. rainer.ulrich@fli.bund.de.
authors.forename: Rainer G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Ulrich
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17, 10315, Berlin, Germany. konstantin-b@web.de.
authors.forename: Konstantin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Börner
authors.affiliation: State Laboratory Berlin-Brandenburg (LLBB), Invalidenstr. 60, 10557, Berlin, Germany. ulrich.wittstatt@landeslabor-bbb.de.
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wittstatt
authors.affiliation: Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Südufer 10, 17493, Greifswald, Insel Riems, Germany. martin.beer@fli.bund.de.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D001188:Artiodactyla; D002044:Bunyaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D002335:Carnivora; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D016851:Orthobunyavirus / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral