Spillover infections by rustrela virus, borna disease virus 1 and tick-borne encephalitis virus revealed by retrospective screening of mammalian encephalitis of unknown origin
The host range of RusV was extended to Canidae, represented by a fatal case of a maned wolf. Both RusV and BoDV-1 seem to be important pathogens causing lymphocytic meningoencephalitis in other mammalian species and their distribution should be monitored closely.
Authors
- Dennis Rubbenstroth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8209-6274)
- Achim D. Gruber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4502-0393)
- Lars Mundhenk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9033-9360)
- Karin Stiasny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1902-8674)
- Kore Schlottau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3999-0393)
- Angele Breithaupt
- Chloé Puget (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7629-0356)
- Andreas Pauly
- Anne Günther (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4761-6131)
- Anne Voß (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-8322)
- Martin Beer
- Olga Geit
Institutions
- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (DE)
- Robert Koch Institute (DE)
- Institut für Tier-, Natur- und Umweltethik (DE)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- Medical University of Vienna (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Veterinary Research
- Published
- 2025-11-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-025-05132-w
- Primary Topic
- Virology and Viral Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00