Neurotropic astrovirus in cattle with nonsuppurative encephalitis in Europe

Bouzalas, Ilias G; Wüthrich, Daniel; Walland, Julia Gianna Marlene; Drögemüller, Cord; Zurbriggen, Andreas; Vandevelde, Marc; Oevermann, Anna; Bruggmann, Rémy; Seuberlich, Torsten (2014). Neurotropic astrovirus in cattle with nonsuppurative encephalitis in Europe. Journal of clinical microbiology, 52(9), pp. 3318-3324. American Society for Microbiology 10.1128/JCM.01195-14

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Encephalitis is a frequently diagnosed condition in cattle with neurological diseases. Many affected animals present with a nonsuppurative inflammatory reaction pattern in the brain. While this pattern supports a viral etiology, the causative pathogen remains unknown in a large proportion of cases. Using viral metagenomics, we identified an astrovirus (bovine astrovirus [BoAstV]-CH13) in the brain of a cow with nonsuppurative encephalitis. Additionally, BoAstV RNA was detected with reverse transcription-PCR and in situ hybridization in about one fourth (5/22 animals) of cattle with nonsuppurative encephalitis of unknown etiology. Viral RNA was found primarily in neurons and at the site of pathology. These findings support the notion that BoAstV infection is a common cause of encephalitis in cattle. Phylogenetically, BoAstV-CH13 was closely related to rare astrovirus isolates from encephalitis cases in animals and a human patient. Future research needs to be directed toward the pathogenic mechanisms, epidemiology, and potential cross-species transmission of these neurotropic astroviruses.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

05 Veterinary Medicine > Research Foci > NeuroCenter
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH) > Experimental Clinical Research
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH) > Institute of Genetics
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH)
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Bioinformatics and Computational Biology > Bioinformatics
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

UniBE Contributor:

Bouzalas, Ilias, Wüthrich, Daniel, Walland, Julia Gianna Marlene, Drögemüller, Cord, Zurbriggen, Andreas (A), Vandevelde, Marc, Oevermann, Anna, Bruggmann, Rémy, Seuberlich, Torsten

Subjects:

500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
500 Science > 590 Animals (Zoology)
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture

ISSN:

0095-1137

Publisher:

American Society for Microbiology

Language:

English

Submitter:

Torsten Seuberlich

Date Deposited:

29 Jan 2015 16:28

Last Modified:

29 Mar 2023 23:34

Publisher DOI:

10.1128/JCM.01195-14

PubMed ID:

24989603

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.62457

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/62457

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