Borna Virus and suicide

[asa at sirius.com]

>   kcarbone at WELCHLINK.WELCH.JHU.EDU (Kathryn Carbone) writes:
>  I've worked on Borna Disease virus for ten years. 
>
>  In sum, this area is VERY interesting, since BDV is probably the 
>  prototypical virus in a new class of viruses.  However, I'd take all the 
>  current work linking BDV to human disease with a grain of salt---BDV 
>  probably DOES infect humans, but I'm not convinced we have any meaningful 
>  clinical data supporting this conclusively--yet.
>  
>  >>>>>

How do you feel about the potential use of BDV as a vector to introduce
genes into the brain?  I know of at least one scientist attempting this type of 
work. 

Also, what features of BDV make it the prototype of a new class.  What 
family of viruses does it show the most resemblance to?

Asa
@sirius.com