Variegated squirrel bornavirus 1 in squirrels, Germany and the Netherlands

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 477-481

  Schlottau, Kore ^a   Jenckel, Maria ^a   Van den Brand, Judith ^b   Fast, Christine ^a   Herden, Christiane ^c   Höper, Dirk ^a   Homeier Bachmann, Timo ^a   Thielebein, Jens ^d   Mensing, Niels ^e   Diender, Bert ^f   Hoffmann, Donata ^a   Ulrich, Rainer G ^a   Mettenleiter, Thomas C ^a   Koopmans, Marion ^b   Tappe, Dennis ^g   Schmidt Chanasit, Jonas ^g   Reusken, Chantal B E M ^b   Beer, Martin ^a   Hoffmann, Bernd ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^e Tierarztpraxis Dr Niels Mensing   (Germany)

^f Dierenartspraktijk Diender   (Netherlands)

^g BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORNAVIRUS; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; SCIURIDAE; ANIMAL; BORNAVIRIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MONONEGAVIRALES INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BORNAVIRIDAE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MONONEGAVIRALES INFECTIONS; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS; SCIURIDAE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85013270049     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2303.161061     Document Type: Article

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