Seroprevalence of Borna disease virus in domestic animals in Xinjiang, China

Epizootiologic Survey for <i>Babesia microti</i> among Small Wild Mammals in Northeastern Eurasia and a Geographic Deversity in the &beta;-Tubulin Gene Sequences

“…In Xinjiang, 165 small wild mammals comprising 19 species of Rodentia were captured during 1998 and 1999 at eight locations, namely Wuchai wan, Wulong-gu, Fuhai, Bulzin, Hanashi Lake, Jadenggu, Fuwen, and Kamushite [2]. The survey in Xinjiang was originally conducted for other purposes [2,13], and the remaining stocks of dried bloods absorbed on filter papers were made available for this study.…”

Rat Model of Borna Disease Virus Transmission: Epidemiological Implications

“…No published study addressed the important question of whether rats or other rodents from regions of endemicity in Europe are persistently infected with BDV. Negative reports are available only from areas in Asia where BDV is not endemic (5,24). Note that some other viruses, such as the Seoul type hantavirus and Lassa virus are transmitted horizontally via infectious urine (10,12).…”

Persistence of Borna Disease Virus in Naturally Infected Sheep

“…Subsequent infection experiments using brain homogenates from diseased sheep caused inflammatory reactions and clinical symptoms in rabbits (3). Since then, BDV infections in sheep were reported from Germany, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Italy, China, and Japan (11,19,20,28,33,45). Naturally occurring BD, however, still seems to be confined to certain areas of central Europe to which it is endemic, despite the unrestricted trade of animals.…”