Naturally Occurring Herpes Simplex Encephalitis in a Domestic Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
1997
Weissenböck, H. | Hainfellner, J. A. | Berger, J. | Kasper, I. | Budka, H.
An approximately 1-year-old domestic rabbit showed severe neurologic signs with circling and turning somersaults. Histologically, a nonsuppurative meningoencephalitis with neuronal cell necrosis and numerous intranuclear inclusion bodies in neurons and glial cells was found. Electron microscopic examination revealed herpesvirus particles in affected cells. A human herpes simplex virus was identified by means of immunocytochemistry and in situ hybridization as the causal agent and was further classified as herpes simplex virus 1 by polymerase chain reaction analysis. Because encephalitis is easily induced in rabbits by experimental infection with herpes simplex virus, the source of infection is suspected to be a human with herpes labialis who had close contact with the rabbit.
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