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Variegated Squirrel Bornavirus 1 in Squirrels, Germany and the Netherlands [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
We screened squirrels in Germany and the Netherlands for the novel zoonotic variegated squirrel bornavirus 1 (VSBV-1). The detection of VSBV-1 in 11 squirrels indicates a considerable risk for transmission to humans handling those animals.
Kore Schlottau, Maria Jenckel, Judith van den Brand, Christine Fast, Christiane Herden, Dirk Höper, Timo Homeier-Bachmann, Jens Thielebein, Niels Mensing, Bert Diender, Donata Hoffmann, Rainer G. Ulrich, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, Marion Koopmans, Dennis Tappe, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Chantal B.E.M. Reusken, Martin Beer, Bernd Hoffmann   +18 more
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Introduction and spread of variegated squirrel bornavirus 1 (VSBV-1) between exotic squirrels and spill-over infections to humans in Germany [PDF]

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2021
The variegated squirrel bornavirus 1 (VSBV-1) is a recently discovered emerging viral pathogen which causes severe and eventually fatal encephalitis in humans after contact to exotic squirrels in private holdings and zoological gardens. Understanding the
Daniel Cadar, Valerie Allendorf, Vanessa Schulze, Rainer G. Ulrich, Kore Schlottau, Arnt Ebinger, Bernd Hoffmann, Donata Hoffmann, Dennis Rubbenstroth, Gabriele Ismer, Chris Kibbey, Anna Marthaler, Jürgen Rissland, Frank Leypoldt, Martin Stangel, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Franz J. Conraths, Martin Beer, Timo Homeier-Bachmann, Dennis Tappe   +19 more
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First isolation, in-vivo and genomic characterization of zoonotic variegated squirrel Bornavirus 1 (VSBV-1) isolates [PDF]

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2020
The variegated squirrel bornavirus 1 (VSBV-1), a member of the family Bornaviridae, was discovered in 2015 in a series of lethal human infections. Screening approaches revealed kept exotic squirrels as the putative source of infection.Infectious virus ...
Kore Schlottau, Daniel Nobach, Christiane Herden, Stefan Finke, Martin Beer, Donata Hoffmann   +5 more
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Genomic and Micro-Evolutionary Features of Mammalian 2 orthobornavirus (Variegated Squirrel Bornavirus 1, VSBV-1) [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2021
Mammalian 2 orthobornavirus (VSBV-1) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen discovered in several exotic squirrel species and associated with fatal human encephalitis. The dynamics of VSBV-1 spread and evolution in its presumed natural hosts are unknown. Here,
Dániel Cadar, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Dennis Tappe   +2 more
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Magnetic resonance imaging of human variegated squirrel bornavirus 1 (VSBV-1) encephalitis reveals diagnostic pattern indistinguishable from Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1) encephalitis but typical for bornaviruses [PDF]

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2023
Human bornavirus encephalitis is an emerging disease caused by the variegated squirrel bornavirus 1 (VSBV-1) and the Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1).
Monika Huhndorf, Julia Juhasz, Mike P. Wattjes, Andreas Schilling, Stefan Schob, Ingmar Kaden, Günter Klaß, Dennis Tappe   +7 more
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Immunopathology of Fatal Human Variegated Squirrel Bornavirus 1 Encephalitis, Germany, 2011–2013 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
Variegated squirrel bornavirus 1 (VSBV-1) is a zoonotic virus that causes fatal encephalitis in humans who are infected after contact with exotic squirrels.
Dennis Tappe, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Jessica Rauch, Petra Allartz, Christiane Herden   +4 more
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Occupation-Associated Fatal Limbic Encephalitis Caused by Variegated Squirrel Bornavirus 1, Germany, 2013 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
Limbic encephalitis is commonly regarded as an autoimmune-mediated disease. However, after the recent detection of zoonotic variegated squirrel bornavirus 1 in a Prevost’s squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii) in a zoo in northern Germany, we retrospectively
Dennis Tappe, Kore Schlottau, Daniel Cadar, Bernd Hoffmann, Lorenz Balke, Burkhard Bewig, Donata Hoffmann, Philip Eisermann, Helmut Fickenscher, Andi Krumbholz, Helmut Laufs, Monika Huhndorf, Maria Rosenthal, Walter Schulz-Schaeffer, Gabriele Ismer, Sven-Kevin Hotop, Mark Brönstrup, Anthonina Ott, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Martin Beer   +19 more
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Distribution of zoonotic variegated squirrel bornavirus 1 in naturally infected variegated and Prevost's squirrels. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2019
Recently, the zoonotic capacity of the newly discovered variegated squirrel bornavirus 1 (VSBV-1) was confirmed in humans with a lethal encephalitis. Transmission to humans occurred by variegated and Prevost’s squirrels as presumed reservoir hosts but ...
Petzold J, van den Brand JMA, Nobach D, Hoffmann B, Hoffmann D, Fast C, Reusken CBEM, van Run PRWA, Schlottau K, Beer M, Herden C.   +10 more
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Search for polyoma-, herpes-, and bornaviruses in squirrels of the family Sciuridae [PDF]

Virology Journal, 2020
Background Squirrels (family Sciuridae) are globally distributed members of the order Rodentia with wildlife occurrence in indigenous and non-indigenous regions (as invasive species) and frequent presence in zoological gardens and other holdings ...
Vanessa Schulze, Peter W. W. Lurz, Nicola Ferrari, Claudia Romeo, Michael A. Steele, Shealyn Marino, Maria Vittoria Mazzamuto, Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer, Kore Schlottau, Martin Beer, Rainer G. Ulrich, Bernhard Ehlers   +11 more
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Active Case Finding of Current Bornavirus Infections in Human Encephalitis Cases of Unknown Etiology, Germany, 2018–2020 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021
Human bornavirus encephalitis is a severe and often fatal infection caused by variegated squirrel bornavirus 1 (VSBV-1) and Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1).
Philip Eisermann, Dennis Rubbenstroth, Daniel Cadar, Corinna Thomé-Bolduan, Petra Eggert, Alexander Schlaphof, Frank Leypoldt, Martin Stangel, Thorsten Fortwängler, Florian Hoffmann, Andreas Osterman, Sabine Zange, Hans-Helmut Niller, Klemens Angstwurm, Kirsten Pörtner, Christina Frank, Hendrik Wilking, Martin Beer, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Dennis Tappe   +19 more
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