Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2015)

Detection of Circovirus in Foxes with Meningoencephalitis, United Kingdom, 2009–2013

  • Steve Bexton,
  • Lidewij C. Wiersma,
  • Sarah Getu,
  • Peter R. van Run,
  • Georges M.G.M. Verjans,
  • Debby Schipper,
  • Claudia M.E. Schapendonk,
  • Rogier Bodewes,
  • Lucy Oldroyd,
  • Bart L. Haagmans,
  • Marion M.P. Koopmans,
  • Saskia L. Smits

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2107.150228
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 7
pp. 1205 – 1208

Abstract

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A fox circovirus was identified in serum samples from foxes with unexplained neurologic signs by using viral metagenomics. Fox circovirus nucleic acid was localized in histological lesions of the cerebrum by in situ hybridization. Viruses from the family Circoviridae may have neurologic tropism more commonly than previously anticipated.

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