TY - JOUR AU - Schulze, Vanessa AU - Lurz, Peter W. W. AU - Ferrari, Nicola AU - Romeo, Claudia AU - Steele, Michael A. AU - Marino, Shealyn AU - Mazzamuto, Maria Vittoria AU - Calvignac-Spencer, Sébastien AU - Schlottau, Kore AU - Beer, Martin AU - Ulrich, Rainer G. AU - Ehlers, Bernhard PY - 2020 DA - 2020/03/27 TI - Search for polyoma-, herpes-, and bornaviruses in squirrels of the family Sciuridae JO - Virology Journal SP - 42 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Squirrels (family Sciuridae) are globally distributed members of the order Rodentia with wildlife occurrence in indigenous and non-indigenous regions (as invasive species) and frequent presence in zoological gardens and other holdings. Multiple species introductions, strong inter-species competition as well as the recent discovery of a novel zoonotic bornavirus resulted in increased research interest on squirrel pathogens. Therefore we aimed to test a variety of squirrel species for representatives of three virus families. SN - 1743-422X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-020-01310-4 DO - 10.1186/s12985-020-01310-4 ID - Schulze2020 ER -