Borna disease
noun [mass noun]
An infectious neurological disease affecting horses and other mammal and bird species, caused by an RNA virus (Borna disease virus).We reviewed recent advances in Borna disease virus research, focusing on evidence of infection in humans....
- Genome trimming is a unique strategy for replication control employed by Borna disease virus.
- Tcell ignorance in mice to Borna disease virus can be overcome by peripheral expression of the viral nucleoprotein.
Origin
1920s: from Borna, the name of a town and district near Leipzig in Germany where an outbreak occurred.