First isolates of infectious human Borna disease virus from patients with mood disorders

• Published in: Molecular psychiatry Vol. 1; no. 3; p. 200
• Main Authors: Bode, L, Dürrwald, R, Rantam, F A, Ferszt, R, Ludwig, H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.07.1996
• Subjects: Adult; Affective Disorders, Psychotic - virology; Aged; Amino Acid Sequence; Base Sequence; Borna disease virus - immunology; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Molecular Sequence Data

Borna disease virus (BDV), an unique type of non-segmented negative-stranded enveloped RNA virus, is known as an animal pathogen that causes behavioral diseases in higher vertebrates. Past studies have found antibodies to BDV as well as BDV proteins and genomic transcripts in peripheral blood mononu...