Novel Arterivirus Associated with Outbreak of Fatal Encephalitis in European Hedgehogs, England, 2019
Akbar Dastjerdi, Nadia Inglese, Tim Partridge, Siva Karuna, David J. Everest, Jean‐Pierre Frossard, Mark P. Dagleish, Mark F. Stidworthy
Abstract
An outbreak of neurologic disease began in October 2019 in wild hedgehogs admitted to the Vale Wildlife Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre (Tewkesbury, England) and lasted for 4 months. These hedgehogs were from within a 50-km radius of the hospital. Those initially admitted were housed in a room dedicated to sick and young animals, sharing airspace with birds, rabbits, and occasionally rodents.
Topics & Concepts
OutbreakVirologyEncephalitisBiologyVirusAnimal Virus Infections StudiesViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyViral Infections and Immunology Research