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Emerg Infect Dis
; 12(4): 675-7, 2006 Apr.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16704819
ABSTRACT
Borna disease virus (BDV) is the causative agent of severe T-cell-mediated meningoencephalitis in horses, sheep, and other animal species in central Europe. Here we report the first unequivocal detection of a BDV reservoir species, the bicolored white-toothed shrew, Crocidura leucodon, in an area in Switzerland with endemic Borna disease.