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Borna Disease

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology (CT MICROBIOLOGY, volume 190)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Molecular Biology of Borna Disease Virus

    • T. Briese, W. I. Lipkin, J. C. de la Torre
    Pages 1-16
  3. A Borna-Like Disease of Ostriches in Israel

    • M. Malkinson, Y. Weisman, S. Perl, E. Ashash
    Pages 31-38
  4. Borna Disease—Neuropathology and Pathogenesis

    • G. Gosztonyi, H. Ludwig
    Pages 39-73
  5. Immunopathogenesis of Borna Disease

    • L. Stitz, B. Dietzschold, K. M. Carbone
    Pages 75-92
  6. Behavioral Disturbances and Pharmacology of Borna Disease

    • M. V. Solbrig, J. H. Fallon, W. I. Lipkin
    Pages 93-101
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 131-136

About this book

Borna disease was first described over 200 years ago, in what is now Southeastern Germany, as a fatal neurologic affliction of horses and was considered a curiosity for many decades. The causative agent was unknown, and the animal species infected in nature were limited to horses and sheep. Today, as described in this volume, the host range has extended to all warm-blooded animals, the genes and proteins of the virus have been identified, and many of the mechanisms responsible for behavioral disturbances are understood. Serologic studies suggest that BDV or related agents are likely to play a role in human neuropsychiatric diseases.

Reviews

"The book is a must for anyone who has read some of the recent papers on BD in man or other species and wants to know more." - The Journal of Medical Microbiology

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA

    Hilary Koprowski

  • Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, USA

    W. Ian Lipkin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Borna Disease

  • Editors: Hilary Koprowski, W. Ian Lipkin

  • Series Title: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78618-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-78620-4Published: 03 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-78618-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0070-217X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-9965

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 138

  • Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Virology, Immunology, Pathology, Neurology

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