Taxon Details

Taxon name: Bornaviridae

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

ICTV Report: Bornaviridae Created in Proposal: Ratification_1996.pdf Reference:

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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