The zoonosis networks RoBoPub, ZooBoCo, TBENAGER and Q-GAPS focus on single pathogens: tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEVearly summer meningoencephalitis virus (FSMEV; TBENAGER), Puumala orthohantavirus (PUUV) and, Leptospira spp. (RoBoPub), Coxiella burnetii (Q-GAPS) and bBornaviruses (ZooBoCo). To elucidate potential co-infections in small mammals, the ZooKoInfekt-FLI subproject of the networking project aims to examine the collected small mammals also for the respective other pathogens (PUUV, C. burnetii and bBorna disease virus 1, BoDV-1), and Tula orthohantavirus (TULV) and other hantaviruses, and to perform metagenomic analysis of fecal samples from selected animals. INNT Scientist Involved:
INNT scientist involved:
Dr. Marcel Bokelmann (PostDoc)
Sina Nippert (PhD student)