Borna Disease Virus 1 in Germany
Graph: D. A. Thal Zoonotic viruses are responsible for numerous human diseases, such as rabies, avian flu or Ebola fever. Researchers have now published that another zoonotic virus, the Borna Disease Virus-1 (BoDV-1), has been the cause of several fatal cases of encephalitis in humans in Germany in recent years ( the study ). This is remarkable in that until 2018 a zoonotic potential was only attributed to the Borna Disease virus from Variegated Squirrel Bornavirus-1 (VSBV-1), but not to other Borna viruses. Prof. Dr. Martin Beer, member of the Internal Advisory Board of the Zoonoses Platform