Borna disease

Borna disease
Bor·na disease (borґnə) [Borna, a district in Germany where an epidemic occurred] see under disease.

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  • Borna disease — ▪ pathology       a viral disease of warm blooded animals, notably horses (horse) and sheep, characterized by inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. Named for a severe outbreak at Borna, near Leipzig, Ger., in 1894, it is transmitted by food… …   Universalium

  • Borna disease — Virally induced T cell dependent immunopathological disorder of central nervous system. There are suggestions that Borna disease virus (a broadly distributed unclassified arthropod borne virus that infects domestic animals and man) may be… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • Borna disease — a fatal enzootic encephalitis of horses, cattle, and sheep, caused by the Borna disease virus; characteristics include tremor, lethargy, and flaccid paralysis. Called also enzootic encephalitis of horses and equine encephalitis …   Medical dictionary

  • Borna disease virus — a virus of the genus Bornavirus that causes Borna disease in horses and sheep …   Medical dictionary

  • borna disease — ˈbȯrnə noun Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: translation of German bornasche krankheit, from Borna, Saxony, Germany, where the disease was especially prevalent in the 1890s : a virus disease of equines related to sleeping sickness that… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Borna (disambiguation) — Borna may refer to:*Borna, a town in Saxony, Germany *A part of Bahretal in the Sächsische Schweiz district, Saxony, Germany *Borna disease, an infection neurological of warm blooded animals caused by the Borna virus *Borna Bartolović, a Croatian …   Wikipedia

  • Borna-Viren — Bornavirus 3D Modell Bornavirus Systematik Reich: Viren Baltimore K. (( )ssRNA Viren) (V) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Borna Virus — Bornavirus 3D Modell Bornavirus Systematik Reich: Viren Baltimore K. (( )ssRNA Viren) (V) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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