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Borna disease virus

Medical Definition: A species in the genus Bornavirus, family BORNAVIRDAE, 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.
Guide Notes: infection = BORNA DISEASE; DF: BORNA DIS VIRUS

Borna disease virus Medical Definitions and Terms

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