Association of Batai Virus Infection and Encephalitis in Harbor Seals, Germany, 2016
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2018-09
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Jo, Wendy K
Pfankuche, Vanessa M
Lehmbecker, Annika
Martina, Byron
Rubio-Garcia, Ana
Becker, Stefanie
Kruppa, Jochen
Jung, Klaus
Klotz, Daniela
Metzger, Julia
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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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Jo, W K, Pfankuche, V M, Lehmbecker, A, Martina, B, Rubio-Garcia, A, Becker, S, Kruppa, J, Jung, K, Klotz, D, Metzger, J, Ludlow, M, Baumgärtner, W, van der Vries, E & Osterhaus, A 2018, 'Association of Batai Virus Infection and Encephalitis in Harbor Seals, Germany, 2016', Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 24, no. 9, pp. 1691-1695. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2409.171829