First detection of bat-borne Issyk-Kul virus in Europe

Bats 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 bats in Central Asia. Issyk-Kul virus has been described as human-pathogenic viru...

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Autores principales: Brinkmann, Annika, Kohl, Claudia, Radonić, Aleksandar, Dabrowski, Piotr Wojtek, Mühldorfer, Kristin, Nitsche, Andreas, Wibbelt, Gudrun, Kurth, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7759570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33361773
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79468-8
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Sumario:Bats 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 bats in Central Asia. Issyk-Kul virus has been described as human-pathogenic virus, causing febrile outbreaks in humans with headaches, myalgia and nausea. Here we describe the detection of a novel strain of Issyk-Kul virus from Eptesicus nilssonii in Germany. This finding indicates for the first time the prevalence of these zoonotic viruses in Europe.

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