Neurotropic bovine astrovirus-associated encephalitis : An underdiagnosed disease in South America?

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We describe a case of neurotropic bovine astrovirus-associated encephalitis in a Jersey dairy cow from the department of San José, Uruguay. This represents the second case of this condition reported in the Southern Hemisphere. The cow was the only one affected in a herd of 70 cows, showing neurological signs with a 2-day clinical course, before dying spontaneously. Histopathological examination revealed lymphocytic, histiocytic, and plasmacytic meningoencephalitis with neuronal necrosis, without detectable inclusion bodies. Other infectious agents, including Rabies virus(Lyssavirus), Bovine alphaherpesvirus-1 and Bovine alphaherpesvirus-5(Varicellovirus), Bovine viral diarrhea virus(Pestivirus), West Nile virus(Flavivirus), Listeria monocytogenes, Histophilus somni and other bacteria, were not detected in the brain. We propose that given the recent discovery of neurotropic astroviruses in various mammalian species, including humans, cases of astrovirus encephalitis may have gone undetected in South America. We briefly discuss the differential pathologic diagnosis of infectious bovine encephalitis.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:54

Enthalten in:

Revista Argentina de microbiologia - 54(2022), 2 vom: 26. Apr., Seite 100-105

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Encefalitis asociada a astrovirus bovino neurotrópico, ¿una enfermedad subdiagnosticada en Sudamérica?

Beteiligte Personen:

Doncel Díaz, Benjamín [VerfasserIn]
Castells, Matías [VerfasserIn]
Maya, Leticia [VerfasserIn]
Fraga, Martín [VerfasserIn]
Uzal, Francisco A [VerfasserIn]
Colina, Rodney [VerfasserIn]
Giannitti, Federico [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Astrovirus bovino
Bovine astrovirus
Case Reports
Dairy cows
Enfermedad neurológica
Journal Article
Neurological disease
Uruguay
Vacas lecheras

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Date Completed 20.06.2022

Date Revised 20.06.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ram.2021.01.006

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM326961925