Natural Borna disease virus infection in cats in the United Kingdom

N A Reeves; C R Helps; D A Gunn-Moore; C Blundell; P L Finnemore; G R Pearson; D A Harbour

doi:10.1136/vr.143.19.523

Natural Borna disease virus infection in cats in the United Kingdom

N A Reeves, C R Helps, D A Gunn-Moore, C Blundell, P L Finnemore, G R Pearson, D A Harbour

Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	523-6
Number of pages	4
Journal	Veterinary Record
Volume	143
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.143.19.523
Publication status	Published - 7 Nov 1998

Keywords

Animals
Cat Diseases
Antibodies, Viral
Borna Disease
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Cats
Brain
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Borna disease virus
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Great Britain

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Natural Borna disease virus infection in cats in the United Kingdom

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