Rainer G. Ulrich

TL;DR: There is increasing evidence, however, for hantavirus spillover infections from a reservoir host species to closely related sympatrically occurring rodent species and a correct species annotation of animals infected by hantviruses or other pathogens is urgently needed.

TL;DR: This review focuses on reported serological and molecular evidence of infections in wild, domestic and zoo animals with HEV or HEV‐related viruses and the role of these animals for transmission of HEV to humans and other animals is discussed.

TL;DR: The developed heterologous yeast expression system is suitable for high-level production of polyomavirus VLPs, which are generally free of toxins, host cell DNA and proteins and useful for the generation of new diagnostical tools, gene delivery systems and antiviral vaccines.

TL;DR: Low platelet counts are a novel predictive marker suitable for risk-adapted patient management and should be considered for use in clinical practice.

TL;DR: Serological and genetic investigations revealed that Puumala virus (PUUV) is dominant in the local population of bank voles and seems to be responsible for the observed increase of human hantavirus infections in 2004–2005.