Surveillance of Batai virus in bovines from Germany

Miriam Hofmann; Anke Wiethölter; Irena Blaha; Hanna Jöst; Patrick Heinemann; Maria Lehmann; Thomas Miller; Daniel Cadar; Tohru Yanase; Nils Kley; Martin Eiden; Martin Groschup; Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit

doi:10.1128/CVI.00082-15

Surveillance of Batai virus in bovines from Germany

Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2015 Jun;22(6):672-3. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00082-15. Epub 2015 Apr 15.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Hemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Hamburg, Germany.
² Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute for Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Greifswald, Germany.
³ Staatliches Tierärztliches Untersuchungsamt-Diagnostikzentrum, Aulendorf, Germany.
⁴ Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Hemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Hamburg, Germany German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Hamburg-Luebeck-Borstel partner site, Hamburg, Germany.
⁵ Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Hemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Hamburg, Germany Charite Medical School, Institute of Medical Virology, Berlin, Germany.
⁶ Kyushu Research Station, National Institute of Animal Health, NARO, Kagoshima, Japan.
⁷ Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Hemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Hamburg, Germany German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Hamburg-Luebeck-Borstel partner site, Hamburg, Germany jonassi@gmx.de.

Abstract

To estimate the veterinary importance of Batai virus (BATV), we investigated the presence of BATV-specific antibodies and BATV RNA in 548 bovines from southwest Germany, and we demonstrated that 3 cattle serum samples contained BATV-neutralizing antibodies, resulting in a seroprevalence of 0.55%. Thus, our results confirm local transmission and indicate cattle as potential hosts of BATV in southwest Germany.

MeSH terms

Animals
Antibodies, Neutralizing / blood
Antibodies, Viral / blood*
Bunyamwera virus / immunology*
Bunyamwera virus / isolation & purification*
Bunyaviridae Infections / epidemiology
Bunyaviridae Infections / veterinary*
Bunyaviridae Infections / virology
Cattle
Cattle Diseases / epidemiology*
Cattle Diseases / virology*
Epidemiological Monitoring
Germany / epidemiology
RNA, Viral / blood*
Seroepidemiologic Studies

Substances

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
RNA, Viral