| Nucleic Acid: | Negative Stranded - ssRNA |
| General Host: | Vertebrates |
| Family | 01.081. Bornaviridae |
Taxonomic Structure of the Family
Order 01. MononegaviralesFamily 01.081. Bornaviridae
Genus 01.081.0.01. Bornavirus
| Genus | 01.081.0.01. Bornavirus |
| Type Species | 01.081.0.01.001. Borna disease virus (BDV) |
List of Species in the Genus
The virus codes, their names and alternative
names ( ), genomic sequence accession numbers [ ] and assigned
abbreviations ( ) are:
Species, their serotypes, strains and isolates
| 01.081.0.01.001. | Borna disease virus | [L27077] | (BDV) | |
| 01.081.0.01.001. | Borna disease virus | [U04608] |
Tentative Species in the Genus
None reported.
List of Unassigned Viruses in the Family
None reported.
Similarity with Other Taxa
Virions are enveloped and contain a negative
sense, 8.9 kb ssRNA. The nucleotide sequence (database accession number L27077),
which contains 5 Substantial ORFs, suggests a string relationship to the family
Rhabdoviridae. Replication and transcription take place inside nuclei.
Derivation of Name
Borna refers to the city of Borna in
Saxony, Germany, where many horses died in 1885 during an epidemic of a
neurological disease. The disease was designated as Borna disease (BD), and it
was caused by the infectious agent presently known as Borna disease virus
(BDV).
Contributed by
de la Torre, J.C., Carbone, K.M., Staeheli, P.,
Stiz, L., Richt, J.A., Ikuta, K., Dietzschold, B., Ludwig, H., Bode, L., and
Lipkin, W.I.