Dobrava-Belgrade Virus Spillover Infections, Germany
- Mathias Schlegel
- Boris Klempa
- Brita Auste
- Margrit Bemmann
- Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit
- Thomas Büchner
- Martin H. Groschup
- Markus Meier
- Anne Balkema-Buschmann
- Hinrich Zoller
- Detlev H. Krüger
- Rainer G. Ulrich
Publication date
December 2009
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
We present the molecular identification of Apodemus agrarius (striped field mouse) as reservoir host of the Dobrava-Belgrade virus (DOBV) lineage DOBV-Aa in 3 federal states of Germany. Phylogenetic analyses provided evidence for multiple spillover of DOBV-Aa to A. flavicollis, a crucial prerequisite for host switch and genetic reassortment
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