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New Squirrel Virus Strain Suspected in Deaths of 3 in Germany

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New Squirrel Virus Strain Suspected in Deaths of 3 in Germany
by Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer | July 08, 2015 05:33pm ET

Three people in Germany who worked as squirrel breeders and who all died from brain inflammation may have contracted a new strain of virus from their squirrels, according to a new report of the cases.

The new virus strain belongs to a group of viruses called bornaviruses, which typically infect animals such as horses, sheep and birds...
 
New bornavirus discovered in variegated squirrels: Potential link to human infections

18 February 2015

Joint information by the Friedrich Loeffler Institute, the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine and the Robert Koch Institute regarding the above-mentioned facts.

Following the occurrence of lethal encephalitis in three breeders of variegated squirrels (Sciurus variegatoides) in Saxony Anhalt from 2011 to 2013, comprehensive investigations on a possible infectious origin were carried out at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM). At first, no leads could be found regarding the cause of the disease. The Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI) on the isle of Riems then investigated samples of a variegated squirrel from the holdings of one of the deceased breeders. It was only the genetic analysis of organ samples of the squirrel that provided sequence information which pointed to the presence of a novel bornavirus. Subsequent molecular biological and immunohistological tests also provided evidence for its presence in brain samples of the deceased patients. Based on the currently available information, the new virus is clearly different from all previously known bornaviruses. At the moment it is not known whether these are isolated cases.

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