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Preferred term

Borna disease virus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Encephalomyelitis Virus, Enzootic
  • Enzootic Encephalomyelitis Virus
  • Near East Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus

Note

  • infection = BORNA DISEASE

Scope note

  • 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.

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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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001891

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