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.

Annotation

infection = BORNA DISEASE

DUI

D001891 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0002827

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

Public note

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