Title: Rustrela Virus Infection – A New Emerging Neuropathogen
of Red-necked Wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus)
Anne Voss1, Patricia Schlieben2,
Sascha Gerst3, Christoph Langner4,
Michael Niesler5, Petra Schad6,
Martin Beer7, Dennis Rubbenstroth7,
Angele Breithaupt8, Lars Mundhenk1
1 Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Freie Universität
Berlin, Berlin, Germany2 Berlin-Brandenburg State Laboratory, Frankfurt
(Oder), Germany3 Department for Diagnostic Investigation of
Epizootics, State Office for Agriculture, Food
Safety and Fishery Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rostock, Germany4 Stralsund Zoological Garden, Stralsund, Germany5 Perleberg Zoological Garden, Perleberg, Germany6 Veterinary Practice Pausin, Schönwalde im Glien,
Germany 7 Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut,
Greifswald - Isle of Riems,
Germany8 Department of Experimental Animal Facilities and
Biorisk Management, Friedrich-Loeffler- Institut, Greifswald - Isle of
Riems, Germany
Angele Breithaupt and Lars Mundhenk should be considered joint senior
author
Keywords : rustrela virus; rubivirus; encephalitis;
Macropodidae; red-necked wallaby