Borna disease virus: implications for human neuropsychiatric illness.
The cause of Borna disease, a neurological syndrome affecting mammals and birds, has recently been shown to be infection with an RNA virus. Molecular genetic analysis suggests that Borna disease virus represents a new viral taxon. It has a wide host range and is tropic for specific circuits in the central nervous system. There is indirect evidence that links it to diseases of the human central nervous system.
Lipkin
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Dept of Neurology, University of California, Irvine 92717, USA.
Schneemann
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Solbrig
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D000818:Animals; D001890:Borna Disease; D001891:Borna disease virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000821:virology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000821:virology*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000821:virology