BORNA DISEASE VIRUS
\bˈɔːnə dɪzˈiːz vˈa͡ɪɹəs], \bˈɔːnə dɪzˈiːz vˈaɪɹəs], \b_ˈɔː_n_ə d_ɪ_z_ˈiː_z v_ˈaɪ_ɹ_ə_s]\
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A species in the genus Bornavirus, family BORNAVIRDAE, causing a rare and usually fatal encephalitic disease in horses and other domestic animals and possibly deer. Its name derives from the city in Saxony where the condition was first described in 1894, but the disease occurs in Europe, N. Africa, and the Near East.
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