German scientists revealed on Wednesday, the existence of cases of Brain inflammation The killer, which is linked to a rare virus transmitted by the mouse-eating “shrew”, is more like it was previously known, as the deadly virus that destroys the brain has killed at least 14 people across Europe since 1999.
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The Federal Research Institute for Animal Health said that scientists examined samples from 56 people who died in Bavaria between 1999 and 2019, where a review of lethal encephalitis cases in the southern German state of Bavaria revealed that more than twice what was previously known about these cases is linked to a virus Rare carried by this animal.
The study, published in the latest issue of the medical journal, was conductedthe medical journal The Lancet Infectious DiseasesWith researchers from 4 German universities and the “Bernard Nocht” Institute of Tropical Medicine in Germany
Researchers suspect that the infection is caused by contact with the faeces of this animal, while transmission of the infection from one person to another is excluded, in some cases the result of organ transplants.
Professor Barbara Schmidt, one of the researchers, said: “Our results indicate that the infection of the Borna disease virus must be considered a serious and possibly fatal human disease transmitted from a wildlife reservoir, and early detection may be possible using serum and CSF samples from living patients.”
Experts at the University Hospital Regensburg in Germany studied the medical records of 56 people who died between 1999 and 2019, 8 of whom were found infected with the Borna virus transmitted by this animal, bringing the total number of confirmed human cases to 14, and all eight patients died. Neo within two months of diagnosing encephalitis.
Symptoms of encephalitis include fever, severe headache, and speech and walking disorders, which can lead to coma within days or a few weeks..
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