id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-352361-jh31omg2 Nobach, Daniel No evidence for European bats serving as reservoir for Borna disease virus 1 or other known mammalian orthobornaviruses 2020-01-30 .txt text/plain 3751 209 41 Although several rodents and other small mammals are known as important reservoirs for many viruses, bats (order: Chiroptera) represent the vast majority of identified natural reservoirs of several virus families/species to date [1, 14] . In conclusion, due to the continuous detection of new viruses in bats, the unclear situation regarding additional potential BoDV-1-reservoirs and molecular evidence for co-evolution of bats and bornaviruses, this study was conducted to investigate the potential presence of the most common orthobornaviruses in bats from endemic and non-endemic areas in Germany. Although the bicolored white-toothed shrew has been identified as indigenous reservoir of BoDV-1, other potential reservoirs or animal carriers are still unknown so that further investigations of small mammals including bat species are urgently needed. Distribution of Borna disease virus antigen and RNA in tissues of naturally infected bicolored white-toothed shrews, Crocidura leucodon, supporting their role as reservoir host species ./cache/cord-352361-jh31omg2.txt ./txt/cord-352361-jh31omg2.txt