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Volume 32, Number 5—May 2026

Synopsis

Borna Disease Virus 1 as Cause of Fatal Meningoencephalomyelitis in Wild Hedgehogs, Germany, 2022–2025

Effrosyni Michelakaki, Benjamin Schade, Brigitte Boehm, Eva Kappe, Marcel Suchowski, Anne Kupca, Magdalena Schumacher, Anna Maria Gager, Friederike Liesche-Starnecker, Sonja Fiedler, Eva Schwarz, Zoltan Bago, Andreas Blutke, Martin Beer, Dennis Rubbenstroth1Comments to Author , and Kaspar Matiasek1
Author affiliation: Centre for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany (E. Michelakaki, S. Fiedler, E. Schwarz, A. Blutke, K. Matiasek); Bavarian Animal Health Service, Poing, Germany (B. Schade, B. Boehm, E. Kappe); Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Oberschleißheim, Germany (M. Suchowski, A. Kupca, M. Schumacher, A.M. Gager); University Medical Center Ulm, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany (F. Liesche-Starnecker); Institute for Veterinary Disease Control, Mödling, Austria (Z. Bago); Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany (M. Beer, D. Rubbenstroth)

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Detection of Borna disease virus 1 RNA by quantitative reverse transcription PCR in hedgehogs in study of the virus as cause of fatal meningoencephalomyelitis in wild hedgehogs, Germany, 2022–2025. Samples tested were available fresh-frozen neural and extra-neural tissues and additional samples collected postmortem. Results are presented as cycle quantification values. *Only formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded brain tissue was available for cases 1 and 2. Neg, negative.

Figure 3. Detection of Borna disease virus 1 RNA by quantitative reverse transcription PCR in hedgehogs in study of the virus as cause of fatal meningoencephalomyelitis in wild hedgehogs, Germany, 2022–2025. Samples tested were available fresh-frozen neural and extra-neural tissues and additional samples collected postmortem. Results are presented as cycle quantification values. *Only formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded brain tissue was available for cases 1 and 2. Neg, negative.

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1These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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