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    Investigation of fatal human Borna disease virus 1 encephalitis outside the previously known area for human cases, Brandenburg, Germany – a case report

    The true burden and geographical distribution of human Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1) encephalitis is unknown. All detected cases so far have been recorded in Bavaria, southern Germany.

    Dennis Tappe, Kirsten Pörtner, Christina Frank, Hendrik Wilking in BMC Infectious Diseases (2021)

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    Travel-associated neurological disease terminated in a postmortem diagnosed atypical HSV-1 encephalitis after high-dose steroid therapy – a case report

    Human encephalitis can originate from a variety of different aetiologies, of which infection is the most common one. The diagnostic work-up is specifically challenging in patients with travel history since a b...

    Andreas Osterman, Viktoria C. Ruf, Cristina Domingo in BMC Infectious Diseases (2020)