Volume 19, Number 12—December 2013
Letter
Bicolored White-toothed Shrews as Reservoir for Borna Disease Virus, Bavaria, Germany
Manon Bourg, Sibylle Herzog, Jorge A. Encarnação, Daniel Nobach, Hildburg Lange-Herbst, Markus Eickmann, and Christiane Herden
Table
Small mammals from 7 stables tested for Borna disease virus infection, Bavaria, Germany, 1997–2012*
| Stable, species | Common name | No. tested | No. positive for antibodies against BDV | No. positive for BDV RNA by RT-PCR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | ||||
| Sorex araneus | Common shrew | 2 | 0/2 | 0/2 |
| Mus musculus | House mouse | 17 | 2/13† | 0/17 |
| Apodemus sylvaticus | Wood mouse | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Microtus sp. | Vole | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| B | ||||
| Crocidura leucodon | Bicolored white-toothed shrew | 1 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Mus musculus | House mouse | 2 | 0/2 | 0/2 |
| C | ||||
| Micromys minutus | Harvest mouse | 1 | 1/1 | 0/1 |
| Mus musculus | House mouse | 3 | 0/2† | 0/3 |
| Myodes glareolus | Bank vole | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Microtus sp. | Vole | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| D | ||||
| Microtus sp. | Vole | 2 | 0/2 | 0/2 |
| E | ||||
| Crocidura leucodon | Bicolored white-toothed shrew | 19 | 3/13† | 1/19 |
| Crocidura russula | Greater white-toothed shrew | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Sorex araneus | Common shrew | 3 | 1/3 | 0/3 |
| Micromys minutus | Harvest mouse | 1 | 0/1† | 0/1 |
| Mus musculus | House mouse | 6 | 0/6 | 0/6 |
| Apodemus sylvaticus | Wood mouse | 5 | 0/5 | 0/5 |
| Apodemus flavicollis | Yellow-necked mouse | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Arvicola terrestris | European water vole | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Microtus sp. | Vole | 34 | 0/32† | 0/34 |
| F | ||||
| Apodemus sylvaticus | Wood mouse | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Myodes glareolus | Bank vole | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Arvicola terrestris | European water vole | 7 | 0/6† | 0/7 |
| Microtus sp. | Vole | 2 | 0/1† | 0/1† |
| G | ||||
| Apodemus sylvaticus | Wood mouse | 3 | 0/3 | 0/3 |
| Apodemus flavicollis | Yellow-necked mouse | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Arvicola terrestris | European water vole | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Microtus sp. | Vole | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
*BDV, Borna disease virus; RT-PCR, reverse transcription PCR.
†No blood or brain samples were available.
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