Indication of Cross-Species Transmission of Astrovirus Associated with Encephalitis in Sheep and Cattle.

Boujon, Céline; Koch, Michel Christoph; Wüthrich, Daniel; Werder, Simea; Jakupovic, Dennis; Bruggmann, Rémy; Seuberlich, Torsten (2017). Indication of Cross-Species Transmission of Astrovirus Associated with Encephalitis in Sheep and Cattle. Emerging infectious diseases, 23(9), pp. 1604-1608. U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 10.3201/eid2309.170168

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We report the identification of a neurotropic astrovirus associated with encephalitis in a sheep. This virus is genetically almost identical to an astrovirus recently described in neurologically diseased cattle. The similarity indicates that astroviruses of the same genotype may cause encephalitis in different species.

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) 08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Bioinformatics and Computational Biology > Bioinformatics 08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Graduate School:	Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences (GCB)
UniBE Contributor:	Boujon, Céline, Koch, Michel Christoph, Wüthrich, Daniel, Werder, Simea, Bruggmann, Rémy, Seuberlich, Torsten
Subjects:	500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology 600 Technology > 630 Agriculture
ISSN:	1080-6040
Publisher:	U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases
Language:	English
Submitter:	Céline Boujon
Date Deposited:	18 Apr 2018 10:16
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 15:09
Publisher DOI:	10.3201/eid2309.170168
PubMed ID:	28820378
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Astroviridae astrovirus cattle cross-species transmission enteric infections meningitis/encephalitis metagenomics neurology ruminants sheep viruses zoonoses
BORIS DOI:	10.7892/boris.109015
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/109015

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