ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Bornaviridae
Dennis Rubbenstroth, Thomas Briese, Ralf Dürrwald, Masayuki Horie, Timothy H. Hyndman, Jens H. Kuhn, Norbert Nowotny, Susan Payne, Mark D. Stenglein, Keizō Tomonaga
Abstract
Members of the family Bornaviridae produce enveloped virions containing a linear negative-sense non-segmented RNA genome of about 9 kb. Bornaviruses are found in mammals, birds, reptiles and fish. The most-studied viruses with public health and veterinary impact are Borna disease virus 1 and variegated squirrel bornavirus 1, both of which cause fatal encephalitis in humans. Several orthobornaviruses cause neurological and intestinal disorders in birds, mostly parrots. Endogenous bornavirus-like sequences occur in the genomes of various animals. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the family Bornaviridae , which is available at ictv.global/report/bornaviridae .