Other Animal Disease — Germany
Bats have been gaining attention as potential reservoir hosts of numerous viruses pathogenic to animals and man. Issyk-Kul virus, a member of the family _Nairoviridae_, was first isolated in the 1970s from vespertilionid bats in Central Asia. Issyk-Kul virus has been described as a human-pathogenic virus, causing febrile outbreaks in humans with headaches, myalgia and nausea. Here we describe the detection of a novel strain of Issyk-Kul virus from _Eptesicus nilssonii_ in Germany. This finding
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