Genetic and antigenic characterization of an atypical pestivirus isolate, a putative member of a novel pestivirus species.
- H. Schirrmeier, G. Strebelow, K. Depner, B. Hoffmann, M. Beer
- BiologyJournal of General Virology
- 1 December 2004
It is proposed that the isolate D32/00_'HoBi' may constitute a novel sixth pestivirus species, because it is genetically, as well as antigenically, markedly different from all other pestiviruses.
Novel Orthobunyavirus in Cattle, Europe, 2011
- B. Hoffmann, M. Scheuch, M. Beer
- Medicine, BiologyEmerging Infectious Diseases
- 1 March 2012
In 2011, an unidentified disease in cattle was reported in Germany and the Netherlands and metagenomic analysis identified a novel orthobunyavirus, which subsequently was isolated from blood of affected animals.
Organ distribution of Schmallenberg virus RNA in malformed newborns.
- S. Bilk, C. Schulze, M. Fischer, M. Beer, A. Hlinak, B. Hoffmann
- Medicine, BiologyVeterinary Microbiology
- 14 September 2012
A universal heterologous internal control system for duplex real-time RT-PCR assays used in a detection system for pestiviruses.
- B. Hoffmann, K. Depner, H. Schirrmeier, M. Beer
- BiologyJournal of Virological Methods
- 1 September 2006
First occurrence of Culicoides obsoletus-transmitted Bluetongue virus epidemic in Central Europe
- H. Mehlhorn, V. Walldorf, M. Beer
- BiologyParasitology Research
- 26 March 2007
The finding strongly supports that the BTD-epidemic, which reached in the meantime wide regions of North Rhine–Westphalia in Germany and of the neighbouring countries with several hundreds of affected farms, is initiated by virus transmission during the blood meal of midges of the C. obsoletus complex.
Validation of a real-time RT-PCR assay for sensitive and specific detection of classical swine fever.
- B. Hoffmann, M. Beer, C. Schelp, H. Schirrmeier, K. Depner
- BiologyJournal of Virological Methods
- 1 December 2005
Evidence for Novel Hepaciviruses in Rodents
- J. Drexler, V. Corman, C. Drosten
- BiologyPLoS Pathogens
- 1 June 2013
The so-far largest collection of small-mammal samples from around the world qualified to be screened for bloodborne viruses, including sera and organs from 4,770 rodents (41 species); and sera from 2,939 bats (51 species) supported classification of all viruses as hepaciviruses.
Phylogenetic analyses of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus isolates from Germany in 2006 and 2007 suggest at least three separate introductions of H5N1 virus.
- E. Starick, M. Beer, T. Harder
- BiologyVeterinary Microbiology
- 30 April 2008
Epizootic Emergence of Usutu Virus in Wild and Captive Birds in Germany
- N. Becker, H. Jöst, J. Schmidt-Chanasit
- Environmental Science, BiologyPLoS ONE
- 28 February 2012
The data suggest that after the initial detection of Usutu virus in German mosquitoes in 2010, the virus spread in 2011 and caused epizootics among wild and captive birds in southwest Germany and an increased risk of USUV infections in humans in Germany.
Protective efficacy of in vitro synthesized, specific mRNA vaccines against influenza A virus infection
- B. Petsch, Margit Schnee, T. Kramps
- BiologyNature Biotechnology
- 1 December 2012
It is shown that mRNA vaccines induce balanced, long-lived and protective immunity to influenza A virus infections in even very young and very old mice and that the vaccine remains protective upon thermal stress.
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