History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Bornaviridae; Proposal: Ratification 1996; : ; ICTV Report: Bornaviridae; Reference:

from the city of Borna in Saxony, Germany, where many animals died of sporadic encephalopathy caused by Borna disease virus 1, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa