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Volume 23, Number 3—March 2017
Dispatch

Variegated Squirrel Bornavirus 1 in Squirrels, Germany and the Netherlands

Kore Schlottau, Maria Jenckel, Judith van den Brand, Christine Fast, Christiane Herden, Dirk Höper, Timo Homeier-Bachmann, Jens Thielebein, Niels Mensing, Bert Diender, Donata Hoffmann, Rainer G. Ulrich, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, Marion Koopmans, Dennis Tappe, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Chantal B.E.M. Reusken, Martin BeerComments to Author , and Bernd Hoffmann
Author affiliations: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany (K. Schlottau, M. Jenckel, C. Fast, D. Höper, T. Homeier-Bachmann, D. Hoffmann, R.G. Ulrich, T.C. Mettenleiter, M. Beer, B. Hoffmann); Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (J. van den Brand, M. Koopmans, C.B.E.M. Reusken); Justus-Liebig University Gießen, Gießen, Germany (C. Herden); Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany (J. Thielebein); Tierarztpraxis Dr. Niels Mensing, Magdeburg, Germany (N. Mensing); Dierenartspraktijk Diender, Vlissingen, the Netherlands (B. Diender); Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany (D. Tappe, J. Schmidt-Chanasit)

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Figure 1

Immunohistochemical testing of detection of bornavirus X protein (A) and phosphoprotein (B) in hippocampal neurons of a brain of a Prevost’s squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii) collected in Germany in 2015. Viral antigen is shown in nuclei or cytoplasm and processes. Insert shows intranuclear dot (inclusion body) in cells with and without cytoplasmic immunostaining. No staining was observed for bornavirus X protein (C) or phosphoprotein (D) in a bornavirus-negative variegated squirrel.

Figure 1. Immunohistochemical detection of bornavirus X protein (A) and phosphoprotein (B) in hippocampal neurons of a brain of a Prevost’s squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii) collected in Germany in 2015. Viral antigen is shown in nuclei or cytoplasm and processes. Inset shows intranuclear dot (inclusion body) in cells with and without cytoplasmic immunostaining (arrows). No staining was observed for bornavirus X protein (C) or phosphoprotein (D) in a bornavirus-negative variegated squirrel. Original magnification ×400

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