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Preferred term

Borna disease virus  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Encephalomyelitis Virus, Enzootic
  • Enzootic Encephalomyelitis Virus
  • Near East Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus
  • txid12455

In other languages

  • French

  • BDV (Borna Disease Virus)
  • Borna disease virus
  • Enzootic encephalomyelitis virus
  • Near East equine encephalomyelitis virus
  • txid12455
  • Virus de l'encéphalomyélite enzootique
  • Virus de l'encéphalomyélite équine du Proche-Orient

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-KQ94GZ7D-F

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