Association of Batai Virus Infection and Encephalitis in Harbor Seals, Germany, 2016

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...

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Published inEmerging infectious diseases Vol. 24; no. 9; pp. 1691 - 1695
Main Authors Jo, Wendy K, Pfankuche, Vanessa M, Lehmbecker, Annika, Martina, Byron, Rubio-Garcia, Ana, Becker, Stefanie, Kruppa, Jochen, Jung, Klaus, Klotz, Daniela, Metzger, Julia, Ludlow, Martin, Baumgärtner, Wolfgang, van der Vries, Erhard, Osterhaus, Albert
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.09.2018
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Association of Batai Virus Infection and Encephalitis in Harbor Seals, Germany, 2016
Batai virus
Dispatch
Encephalitis
Genomes
Genomics
harbor seal
Health aspects
Hemorrhagic fevers
infection
Marine mammals
meningitis/encephalitis
viruses
Germany
infection
viruses
harbor seals
Ngari virus
encephalitis
zoonoses
Bunyamwera virus
orthobunyavirus
Batai virus
meningitis/encephalitis
Germany
Phoca vitulina
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Summary: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.
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ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2409.171829