Surveillance of Batai Virus in Bovines from Germany
2015
Hofmann, M. | Wiethölter, Anke | Blaha, I. | Jöst, H. | Heinemann, P. | Lehmann, M. | Miller, T. | Cadar, D. | Yanase, T. | Kley, Nils | Eiden, Martin | Groschup, Martin H. | Schmidt-Chanasit, J.
To estimate the veterinary importance of Batai virus (BATV), we investigated the presence of BATV-specific antibodies and BATV RNA in 548 bovines from Southwest Germany and we demonstrated that 3 cattle sera contain BATV-neutralizing antibodies resulting in a seroprevalence of 0.55%. Thus, our results confirm local transmission and indicate cattle as potential hosts of BATV in Southwest Germany.
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Publisher American Society for Microbiology (ASM) ; PubMed Central
ISSN 1098-6588 | 1556-679X | 1556-6811This bibliographic record has been provided by Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
