title: Natural Borna disease virus infection in cats in the United Kingdom.
abstract: Borna disease virus (BDV) is a novel RNA virus that has only recently been characterised and classified in a new virus family, Bornaviridae. The virus was detected in buffy coat cells from four of five cats with neurological disease and in the brains of five of 15 cats with nervous signs and of one of three cats with non-neurological disease. In a serosurvey of 111 cats the incidence of antibody to BDV in cats with neurological disease was higher than in cats with other types of disease, suggesting that the virus may play a role in nervous diseases of cats in the UK.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Bristol School of Veterinary Science, Langford, Bristol.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Reeves
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Helps
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Gunn-Moore
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blundell
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Finnemore
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Harbour
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001890:Borna Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D001891:Borna disease virus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001921:Brain / Q000821:virology; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D002415:Cats; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral