Phylogenetic Analysis Supports Horizontal Transmission as a Driving Force of the Spread of Avian Bornaviruses

• Dennis Rubbenstroth ,

  * E-mail: Dennis.Rubbenstroth@uniklinik-freiburg.de

  Affiliation Institute for Virology, Medical Center–University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Herrmann-Herder Str. 11, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany

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• Volker Schmidt,

  Affiliation Clinic for Birds and Reptiles, University of Leipzig, An den Tierkliniken 17, D-04103, Leipzig, Germany

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• Monika Rinder,

  Affiliation Clinic for Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Ornamental Fish, Centre for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University Ludwig Maximilian Munich, Sonnenstr. 18, D-85764, Oberschleißheim, Germany

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• Marko Legler,

  Affiliation Clinic for Pets, Reptiles and pet and feral Birds, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 9, D-30559, Hannover, Germany

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• Sönke Twietmeyer,

  Affiliation Department of Research and Documentation, Eifel National Park, Urftseestraße 34, D-53937, Schleiden-Gemünd, Germany

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• Phillip Schwemmer,

  Affiliation Research and Technology Centre Büsum, University of Kiel, Hafentörn 1, D-25761, Büsum, Germany

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• Victor M. Corman

  Affiliations Institute for Virology, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, D-53127, Bonn, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Bonn, Germany

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