borna disease

/ ˈbɔːnə /

noun

1. vet science a viral disease of mammals, especially horses, caused by a member of the Flaviviridae and characterized by the development of encephalitis

Example Sentences

Borna disease was named after a city in eastern Germany where it once killed numerous horses in the late 19th century.

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“This Borna disease is really a strange disease—it’s not like a flu,” he adds, noting that it does not cause epidemics.

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Borna disease virus 1, or BoDV-1, is normally found in horses, sheep and other mammals.

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They found evidence of Borna disease virus in eight samples.

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The infectious agent responsible, Borna disease virus 1—named for an outbreak in military horses in the German city of Borna in the 19th century—causes encephalitis, an inflammation in the brain.

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