Overview

• A 57-year-old from the Tirschenreuth district died at a Regensburg clinic, according to the local authority.
• The Tirschenreuth health office and the Bavarian state health agency are investigating how the infection occurred, and no further personal details were released.
• Two people from the Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm district died of Bornavirus infections earlier in the summer, with no direct connection to the latest case established.
• BoDV-1 is carried by field shrews that shed the virus via saliva, urine, feces and skin, and there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission.
• Authorities advise keeping shrews away from homes, not leaving pet food outdoors, and using gloves, a mask and eye protection when handling dead small mammals.