Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
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Volume 18, Number 3?March 2012
Dispatch
Novel Orthobunyavirus in Cattle, Europe, 2011
Bernd Hoffmann<SUP>1</SUP>, Matthias Scheuch<SUP>1</SUP>, Dirk H?per, Ralf Jungblut, Mark Holsteg, Horst Schirrmeier, Michael Eschbaumer, Katja V. Goller, Kerstin Wernike, Melina Fischer, Angele Breithaupt, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, and Martin Beer
Author affiliations: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald?Insel Riems, Germany (B. Hoffmann, M. Scheuch, D. H?per, H. Schirrmeier, M. Eschbaumer, K.V. Goller, K. Wernike, M. Fischer, A. Breithaupt, T.C. Mettenleiter, M. Beer); State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Arnsberg, Germany (R. Jungblut); Chamber of Agriculture for North Rhine-Westphalia, Bovine Health Service, Bonn, Germany (M. Holsteg)
Abstract
In 2011, an unidentified disease in cattle was reported in Germany and the Netherlands. Clinical signs included fever, decreased milk production, and diarrhea. Metagenomic analysis identified a novel orthobunyavirus, which subsequently was isolated from blood of affected animals. Surveillance was initiated to test malformed newborn animals in the affected region.
-Dispatch
Novel Orthobunyavirus in Cattle, Europe, 2011
Bernd Hoffmann<SUP>1</SUP>, Matthias Scheuch<SUP>1</SUP>, Dirk H?per, Ralf Jungblut, Mark Holsteg, Horst Schirrmeier, Michael Eschbaumer, Katja V. Goller, Kerstin Wernike, Melina Fischer, Angele Breithaupt, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, and Martin Beer
Author affiliations: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald?Insel Riems, Germany (B. Hoffmann, M. Scheuch, D. H?per, H. Schirrmeier, M. Eschbaumer, K.V. Goller, K. Wernike, M. Fischer, A. Breithaupt, T.C. Mettenleiter, M. Beer); State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Arnsberg, Germany (R. Jungblut); Chamber of Agriculture for North Rhine-Westphalia, Bovine Health Service, Bonn, Germany (M. Holsteg)
Abstract
In 2011, an unidentified disease in cattle was reported in Germany and the Netherlands. Clinical signs included fever, decreased milk production, and diarrhea. Metagenomic analysis identified a novel orthobunyavirus, which subsequently was isolated from blood of affected animals. Surveillance was initiated to test malformed newborn animals in the affected region.
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