TY - JOUR
T1 - Association of Batai Virus Infection and Encephalitis in Harbor Seals, Germany, 2016
AU - Jo, Wendy K
AU - Pfankuche, Vanessa M
AU - Lehmbecker, Annika
AU - Martina, Byron
AU - Rubio-Garcia, Ana
AU - Becker, Stefanie
AU - Kruppa, Jochen
AU - Jung, Klaus
AU - Klotz, Daniela
AU - Metzger, Julia
AU - Ludlow, Martin
AU - Baumgärtner, Wolfgang
AU - van der Vries, Erhard
AU - Osterhaus, Albert
PY - 2018/9
Y1 - 2018/9
N2 - 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 reported virus isolate from a mosquito in Germany.
AB - 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 reported virus isolate from a mosquito in Germany.
U2 - 10.3201/eid2409.171829
DO - 10.3201/eid2409.171829
M3 - Article
C2 - 30124416
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 24
SP - 1691
EP - 1695
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 9
ER -