Novel Arterivirus Associated with Outbreak of Fatal Encephalitis in European Hedgehogs, England, 2019

Novel Arterivirus Associated with Outbreak of Fatal Encephalitis in European Hedgehogs, England, 2019

In the fall of 2019, a fatal encephalitis outbreak led to the deaths of >200 European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) in England. We used next-generation sequencing to identify a novel arterivirus with a genome coding sequence of only 43% similarity to existing GenBank arterivirus sequences.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Akbar Dastjerdi, Nadia Inglese, Tim Partridge, Siva Karuna, David J. Everest, Jean-Pierre Frossard, Mark P. Dagleish, Mark F. Stidworthy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
arterivirus
viruses
Arteriviridae
European hedgehog
Erinaceus europaeus
outbreak
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/2/20-1962_article

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