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Novel Borna virus in psittacine birds with proventricular dilatation disease

  • Kirsi S. Honkavuori
  • , H. L. Shivaprasad
  • , Brent L. Williams
  • , Phenix Lan Quan
  • , Mady Hornig
  • , Craig Street
  • , Gustavo Palacios
  • , Stephen K. Hutchison
  • , Monique Franca
  • , Michael Egholm
  • , Thomas Briese
  • , W. Ian Lipkin

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Abstract

Pyrosequencing of cDNA from brains of parrots with proventricular dilatation disease (PDD), an unexplained fatal inflammatory central, autonomic, and peripheral nervous system disease, showed 2 strains of a novel Borna virus. Real-time PCR confi rmed virus presence in brain, proventriculus, and adrenal gland of 3 birds with PDD but not in 4 unaffected birds.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1883-1886
Number of pages4
JournalEmerging Infectious Diseases
Volume14
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2008
Externally publishedYes

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