Neuroinfectiology of an atypical anthrax-causing pathogen in wild chimpanzees
Tobias Gräßle, Carsten Jäger, Evgeniya P. Kirilina, Jenny E. Jaffe, Penelope Carlier, Andrea Isabel Pizarro, Anna Sophia Jauch, Katja Reimann, Ilona Lipp, Roman Martin Wittig, Catherine Crockford, Nikolaus Weiskopf, Fabian Hubertus Leendertz, Markus Morawski
This study investigates the neuroinfectiology of Bcbva in wild chimpanzees, finding it causes meningitis and breaches the blood-brain barrier more effectively than B. anthracis.
bioRxiv · Nov 21, 2023 · PreprintNeuroscience