Organisms

Borna disease virus

A species in the genus Bornavirus, family BORNAVIRIDAE, causing a rare and usually fatal encephalitic disease in horses and other domestic animals and possibly deer. Its name derives from the city in Saxony where the condition was first described in 1894, but the disease occurs in Europe, N. Africa, and the Near East.

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Abstract

A species in the genus Bornavirus, family BORNAVIRIDAE, causing a rare and usually fatal encephalitic disease in horses and other domestic animals and possibly deer. Its name derives from the city in Saxony where the condition was first described in 1894, but the disease occurs in Europe, N. Africa, and the Near East.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Encephalomyelitis Virus, Enzootic
  • Enzootic Encephalomyelitis Virus
  • Near East Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus

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13 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure.

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Indexing Annotation

infection = BORNA DISEASE

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History Note

91(75); was see under VERTEBRATE VIRUSES, UNCLASSIFIED 1981-90; was see under ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES 1977-80; was see under ARBOVIRUSES 1975-76

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  1. B04w.820w.480w.937w.149w.135

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Borna disease virus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001891. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001891
  2. Borna disease virus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q529611