2023-02-23Zeitschriftenartikel
First detected geographical cluster of BoDV-1 encephalitis from same small village in two children: therapeutic considerations and epidemiological implications
Grosse, Leonie; Lieftüchter, Victoria; Vollmuth, Yannik; Hoffmann, Florian; Olivieri, Martin; Reiter, Karl; Tacke, Moritz; Heinen, Florian; Borggraefe, Ingo; Ostermann, Andreas; Forstner, Maria; Hübner, Johannes; von Both, Ulrich; Birzele, Lena; Rohlfs, Meino; Schomburg, Adrian; Böhmer, Merle M.; Ruf, Viktoria; Cadar, Dániel; Muntau, Birgit; Pförtner, Kirsten; Tappe, Dennis
Background:
The Borna disease virus (BoDV-1) is an emerging zoonotic virus causing severe and mostly fatal encephalitis in humans.
Methods and Results:
A local cluster of fatal BoDV-1 encephalitis cases was detected ...