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2017-09-18ZeitschriftenartikelA novel Coltivirus-related virus isolated from free-tailed bats from Côte d’Ivoire is able to infect human cells in vitro Weiss, Sabrina; Dabrowski, Piotr Wojtek; Kurth, Andreas; Leendertz, Siv Aina J.; Leendertz, Fabian H.Background: Zoonotic transmission events play a major role in the emergence of novel diseases. While such events are virtually impossible to predict, wildlife screening for potential emerging pathogens can be a first ...
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2011-06-14ZeitschriftenartikelAn insect nidovirus emerging from a primary tropical rainforest. Zirkel, Florian; Kurth, Andreas; Quan, Phenix-Lan; Briese, Thomas; Ellerbrok, Heinz; Pauli, Georg; Leendertz, Fabian; Lipkin, W. Ian; Ziebuhr, John; Drosten, Christian; Junglen, SandraTropical rainforests show the highest level of terrestrial biodiversity and may be an important contributor to microbial diversity. Exploitation of these ecosystems may foster the emergence of novel pathogens. We report ...
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2016-05-13ZeitschriftenartikelAn RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene in bat genomes derived from an ancient negative-strand RNA virus Horie, Masayuki; Kobayashi, Yuki; Honda, Tomoyuki; Fujino, Kan; Akasaka, Takumi; Kohl, Claudia; Wibbelt, Gudrun; Mühldorfer, Kristin; Kurth, Andreas; Müller, Marcel A.; Corman, Victor M.; Gillich, Nadine; Suzuki, Yoshiyuki; Schwemmle, Martin; Tomonaga, KeizoEndogenous bornavirus-like L (EBLL) elements are inheritable sequences derived from ancient bornavirus L genes that encode a viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) in many eukaryotic genomes. Here, we demonstrate that ...
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2011-01-03ZeitschriftenartikelAnionic Polysaccharides From Phototrophic Microorganisms Exhibit Antiviral Activities to Vaccinia Virus Radonić, Aleksandar; Thulke, Stefanie; Achenbach, John; Kurth, Andreas; Vreemann, Anna; König, Tanja; Walter, Christian; Possinger, Kurt; Nitsche, AndreasThe aim of the present study was to characterise anti-vaccinia virus activities of anionic exopolysaccharides TK V3 isolated from cyanobacterium Arthrospira platensis and an exopolysaccharide isolated from the rhodophyt ...
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2017-12-22ZeitschriftenartikelCoronavirus and paramyxovirus in bats from Northwest Italy Rizzo, Francesca; Edenborough, Kathryn M.; Toffoli, Roberto; Culasso, Paola; Zoppi, Simona; Dondo, Alessandro; Robetto, Serena; Rosati, Sergio; Lander, Angelika; Kurth, Andreas; Orusa, Riccardo; Bertolotti, Luigi; Mandola, Maria LuciaBackground: Bat-borne virus surveillance is necessary for determining inter-species transmission risks and is important due to the wide-range of bat species which may harbour potential pathogens. This study aimed to ...
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2009-09-03ZeitschriftenartikelCowpox Virus Outbreak in Banded Mongooses (Mungos mungo) and Jaguarundis (Herpailurus yagouaroundi) with a Time-Delayed Infection to Humans Kurth, Andreas; Straube, Martin; Kuczka, Annette; Dunsche, Anton Josef; Meyer, Hermann; Nitsche, AndreasBackground: Often described as an extremely rare zoonosis, cowpox virus (CPXV) infections are on the increase in Germany. CPXV is rodent-borne with a broad host range and contains the largest and most complete genome of ...
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2019-10-11ZeitschriftenartikelDendritic Cells Generated From Mops condylurus, a Likely Filovirus Reservoir Host, Are Susceptible to and Activated by Zaire Ebolavirus Infection Edenborough, Kathryn M.; Bokelmann, Marcel; Lander, Angelika; Couacy-Hymann, Emmanuel; Lechner, Johanna; Drechsel, Oliver; Renard, Bernhard Y.; Radonić, Aleksandar; Feldmann, Heinz; Kurth, Andreas; Prescott, JosephEbola virus infection of human dendritic cells (DCs) induces atypical adaptive immune responses and thereby exacerbates Ebola virus disease (EVD). Human DCs, infected with Ebola virus aberrantly express low levels of the ...
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2015-12-17ZeitschriftenartikelDilemmas in Managing Pregnant Women With Ebola: 2 Case Reports Caluwaerts, Séverine; Fautsch, Tessy; Lagrou, Daphne; Moreau, Michel; Camara, Alseny Modet; Günther, Stephan; Caro, Antonino Di; Borremans, Benny; Koundouno, Fara Raymond; Bore, Joseph Akoi; Logue, Christopher H.; Richter, Martin; Wölfel, Roman; Kuisma, Eeva; Kurth, Andreas; Thomas, Stephen; Burkhardt, Gillian; Erland, Elin; Lionetto, Fanshen; Weber, Patricia Lledo; Rosa, Olimpia de la; Macpherson, Hassan; Herp, Michel vanWe report 2 cases of Ebola viral disease (EVD) in pregnant women who survived, initially with intact pregnancies. Respectively 31–32 days after negativation of the maternal blood EVD-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) both ...
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2011-12-28ZeitschriftenartikelDiseases and causes of death in European bats: dynamics in disease susceptibility and infection rates. Mühldorfer, Kristin; Speck, Stephanie; Kurth, Andreas; Lesnik, René; Freuling, Conrad; Müller, Thomas; Kramer-Schadt, Stephanie; Wibbelt, GudrunBackground: Bats receive increasing attention in infectious disease studies, because of their well recognized status as reservoir species for various infectious agents. This is even more important, as bats with their ...
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2014-08-13ZeitschriftenartikelEuropean Bats as Carriers of Viruses with Zoonotic Potential Kohl, Claudia; Kurth, AndreasBats are being increasingly recognized as reservoir hosts of highly pathogenic and zoonotic emerging viruses (Marburg virus, Nipah virus, Hendra virus, Rabies virus, and coronaviruses). While numerous studies have focused ...
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2009-11-14ZeitschriftenartikelExamining Landscape Factors Influencing Relative Distribution of Mosquito Genera and Frequency of Virus Infection Junglen, Sandra; Kurth, Andreas; Kuehl, H.; Quan, Phenix-Lan; Ellerbrok, Heinz; Pauli, Georg; Nitsche, Andreas; Nunn, Charles L.; Rich, S. M.; Briese, Thomas; Leendertz, FabianMosquito-borne infections cause some of the most debilitating human diseases, including yellow fever and malaria, yet we lack an understanding of how disease risk scales with human-driven habitat changes. We present an ...
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2014-05-14ZeitschriftenartikelFatal Monkeypox in Wild-Living Sooty Mangabey, Côte d’Ivoire, 2012 Radonić, Aleksandar; Metzger, Sonja; Dabrowski, Piotr Wojtek; Couacy-Hymann, Emmanuel; Schünadel, Livia; Kurth, Andreas; Mätz-Rensing, Kerstin; Boesch, Christophe; Leendertz, Fabian; Nitsche, AndreasWe isolated a monkeypox virus from a wild-living monkey, a sooty mangabey, found dead in Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire, in March 2012. The whole-genome sequence obtained from this isolate and directly from clinical ...
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2020-12-24ZeitschriftenartikelFirst detection of bat-borne Issyk-Kul virus in Europe Brinkmann, Annika; Kohl, Claudia; Radonić, Aleksandar; Dabrowski, Piotr Wojtek; Mühldorfer, Kristin; Nitsche, Andreas; Wibbelt, Gudrun; Kurth, AndreasBats have been gaining attention as potential reservoir hosts of numerous viruses pathogenic to animals and man. Issyk-Kul virus, a member of the family Nairoviridae, was first isolated in the 1970s from vespertilionid ...
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2011-11-30ZeitschriftenartikelGenome analysis of bat adenovirus 2: Indications of interspecies transmission Kohl, Claudia; Vidovszky, Márton Z.; Mühldorfer, Kristin; Dabrowski, Piotr Wojtek; Radonić, Aleksandar; Nitsche, Andreas; Wibbelt, Gudrun; Kurth, Andreas; Harrach, BalázsThe genome of bat adenovirus 2 was sequenced and analyzed. It is similar in size (31,616 bp) to the genomes of bat adenovirus 3 and canine adenoviruses 1 and 2. These four viruses are monophyletic and share an identical ...
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2013-12-03ZeitschriftenartikelGenome-Wide Comparison of Cowpox Viruses Reveals a New Clade Related to Variola Virus Dabrowski, Piotr Wojtek; Radonić, Aleksandar; Kurth, Andreas; Nitsche, AndreasZoonotic infections caused by several orthopoxviruses (OPV) like monkeypox virus or vaccinia virus have a significant impact on human health. In Europe, the number of diagnosed infections with cowpox viruses (CPXV) is ...
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2018-02-01ZeitschriftenartikelHervey virus: Study on co-circulation with Henipaviruses in Pteropid bats within their distribution range from Australia to Africa Kohl, Claudia; Tachedjian, Mary; Todd, Shawn; Monaghan, Paul; Boyd, Victoria; Marsh, Glenn A.; Crameri, Gary; Field, Hume; Kurth, Andreas; Smith, Ina; Wang, Lin-FaIn 2011, an unusually large number of independent Hendra virus outbreaks were recorded on horse properties in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. Urine from bat colonies adjacent to the outbreak sites were sampled ...
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2012-08-14ZeitschriftenartikelIsolation and characterization of three Mammalian orthoreoviruses from European bats. Kohl, Claudia; Lesnik, René; Brinkmann, Annika; Ebinger, Arnt; Radonić, Aleksandar; Nitsche, Andreas; Mühldorfer, Kristin; Wibbelt, Gudrun; Kurth, AndreasIn recent years novel human respiratory disease agents have been described in South East Asia and Australia. The causative pathogens were classified as pteropine orthoreoviruses with strong phylogenetic relationship to ...
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2009-05-08ZeitschriftenartikelKuhpocken bei Haltern von Farbratten - Ein nicht immer sofort erkanntes Krankheitsbild Cowpox Virus Infection in Pet Rat Owners — Not Always Immediately RecognizedBecker, Christian; Kurth, Andreas; Hessler, Frank; Kramp, Harald; Gokel, Michael; Hoffmann, Rudolf; Kuczka, Annette; Nitsche, AndreasHintergrund: Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, allen medizinischen Fachrichtungen unterschiedliche Verlaufsformen von Infektionen durch Kuhpocken beim Menschen bekannt zu machen. Aktualität erhält diese Infektion durch eine zuerst ...
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2012-08-01ZeitschriftenartikelLack of Evidence for Schmallenberg Virus Infection in Highly Exposed Persons, Germany, 2012 Ducomble, Tanja; Wilking, Hendrik; Stark, Klaus; Takla, Anja; Askar, Mona; Schaade, Lars; Nitsche, Andreas; Kurth, AndreasSchmallenberg virus, a novel orthobunyavirus, is spreading among ruminants, especially sheep, throughout Europe. To determine the risk for human infection, we conducted a survey among shepherds to assess possible ...
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2014-12-11ZeitschriftenartikelManagement of pregnant women infected with Ebola virus in a treatment centre in Guinea, June 2014 Baggi, F. M.; Taybi, A.; Kurth, Andreas; Herp, M. van; Caro, A. di; Wölfel, Roman; Günther, Stephan; Decroo, T.; Declerck, H.; Jonckheere, S.We report two cases of confirmed Ebola virus disease in pregnant women, who presented at the Médecins Sans Frontières Ebola treatment centre in Guéckédou. Despite the very high risk of death, both pregnant women survived. ...