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Descriptor English: Borna disease virus
Descriptor Spanish: Virus de la Enfermedad de Borna
Descriptor virus de la enfermedad de Borna
Entry term(s) virus de la encefalomielitis equina del Oriente Próximo
virus de la encefalomielítica enzoótica
Scope note: Especie del género Bornavirus, familia BORNAVIRIDAE, que causa una enfermedad encefalítica rara y por lo general mortal en caballos y otros animales domésticos y posiblemente ciervos. Su nombre deriva de la ciudad sajona de dicho nombre en donde la afección fue descrita por vez primera en 1894, pero la enfermedad se da en Europa, N. África y Oriente Medio.
Descriptor Portuguese: Vírus da Doença de Borna
Descriptor French: Virus de la maladie de Borna
Entry term(s): Encephalomyelitis Virus, Enzootic
Enzootic Encephalomyelitis Virus
Near East Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus
Tree number(s): B04.820.480.937.149.135
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001891
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.
Annotation: infection = BORNA DISEASE
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under VERTEBRATE VIRUSES, UNCLASSIFIED 1981-90; was see under ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES 1977-80; was see under ARBOVIRUSES 1975-76
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
Entry Version: BORNA DIS VIRUS
DeCS ID: 1915
Unique ID: D001891
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/12/12
Revision Date: 2015/06/22
Borna disease virus - Preferred
Concept UI M0002827
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.
Preferred term Borna disease virus
Entry term(s) Encephalomyelitis Virus, Enzootic
Enzootic Encephalomyelitis Virus
Near East Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus



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