Novel Borna Virus in Psittacine Birds with Proventricular Dilatation Disease

نویسندگان

  • 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
چکیده

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 confirmed virus presence in brain, proventriculus, and adrenal gland of 3 birds with PDD but not in 4 unaffected birds.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases

دوره 14  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008