Are human Borna disease virus 1 infections zoonotic and fatal? - Authors' reply

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¹ Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
² Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
³ Department of Neurology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
⁴ Institute of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
⁵ Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany. Electronic address: martin.beer@fli.de.

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Dennis Rubbenstroth et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;20(6):651.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30379-0.

¹ Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
² Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
³ Department of Neurology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
⁴ Institute of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
⁵ Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany. Electronic address: martin.beer@fli.de.

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Zoonotic spillover infections with Borna disease virus 1 leading to fatal human encephalitis, 1999-2019: an epidemiological investigation.
Niller HH, Angstwurm K, Rubbenstroth D, Schlottau K, Ebinger A, Giese S, Wunderlich S, Banas B, Forth LF, Hoffmann D, Höper D, Schwemmle M, Tappe D, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Nobach D, Herden C, Brochhausen C, Velez-Char N, Mamilos A, Utpatel K, Evert M, Zoubaa S, Riemenschneider MJ, Ruf V, Herms J, Rieder G, Errath M, Matiasek K, Schlegel J, Liesche-Starnecker F, Neumann B, Fuchs K, Linker RA, Salzberger B, Freilinger T, Gartner L, Wenzel JJ, Reischl U, Jilg W, Gessner A, Jantsch J, Beer M, Schmidt B. Niller HH, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Apr;20(4):467-477. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30546-8. Epub 2020 Jan 7. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020. PMID: 31924550
Are human Borna disease virus 1 infections zoonotic and fatal?
Bode L, Xie P, Dietrich DE, Zaliunaite V, Ludwig H. Bode L, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Jun;20(6):650-651. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30380-7. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020. PMID: 32473134 No abstract available.