Exploitation of wildlife represents one of the greatest threats to species survival according to
the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services …

Human bornavirus encephalitis is a severe and often fatal infection caused by variegated
squirrel bornavirus 1 (VSBV-1) and Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1). We conducted a …

Background Rodents are one of the major taxa most likely to carry zoonotic diseases,
harboring more than 85 unique zoonotic pathogens. While the significance of rodents' …

Limbic encephalitis is commonly regarded as an autoimmune-mediated disease. However,
after the recent detection of zoonotic variegated squirrel bornavirus 1 in a Prevost's squirrel …

The variegated squirrel bornavirus 1 (VSBV-1) is a recently discovered emerging viral
pathogen which causes severe and eventually fatal encephalitis in humans after contact to …

Abstract Purpose The emerging zoonotic Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1) and the
variegated squirrel bornavirus 1 (VSBV-1) cause severe and fatal human encephalitis in …

Following the discovery in 2015 of the variegated squirrel bornavirus 1 (VSBV-1) in fatal
encephalitis cases among exotic squirrel breeders and a zoo animal caretaker in Germany …

COVID-19-Pandemie und gehäuftes Auftreten von Mpox-Erkrankungen (Affenpocken)
außerhalb Afrikas haben die Verletzlichkeit der Bevölkerung für aus dem Tierreich …

Abstract Background Squirrels (family Sciuridae) are globally distributed members of the
order Rodentia with wildlife occurrence in indigenous and non-indigenous regions (as …

Abstract Knowledge on bornaviruses has expanded tremendously during the last decade
through detection of novel bornaviruses and endogenous bornavirus-like elements in many …