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First detection of bat-borne Issyk-Kul virus in Europe.

Annika BrinkmannClaudia KohlAleksandar RadonićPiotr Wojciech DabrowskiKristin MühldorferAndreas NitscheGudrun WibbeltAndreas Kurth
Published in: Scientific reports (2020)
Bats have been gaining attention as potential reservoir hosts of numerous viruses pathogenic to animals and man. Issyk-Kul virus, a member of the family Nairoviridae, was first isolated in the 1970s from vespertilionid bats in Central Asia. Issyk-Kul virus has been described as human-pathogenic virus, causing febrile outbreaks in humans with headaches, myalgia and nausea. Here we describe the detection of a novel strain of Issyk-Kul virus from Eptesicus nilssonii in Germany. This finding indicates for the first time the prevalence of these zoonotic viruses in Europe.
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