Experts have warned of a potential new outbreak of a "very rare" disease which is usually fatal and could cause inflammation in the brain. The Express reports that health authorities in Germany have issued a horrifying warning as a new case of a very rare disease known as Borna disease has been detected.
Also known as sad horse disease, this fatal illness comes from the Borna Disease Virus (BDV) and is an infectious neurological syndrome affecting warm-blooded animals. The disease is very rare, only previously detected in humans a handful of times after it originated in Germany in the late 1800s.
Local authorities in the country announced on Tuesday a person from the district of Muhldorf am Inn was infected. In the Bavarian district, two other cases of the virus affecting humans have been reported over the past three years.
