Avian Bornavirus in Free-Ranging Psittacine Birds, Brazil
- Nuri Encinas-Nagel
- Dirk Enderlein
- Anne Piepenbring
- Christiane Herden
- Ursula Heffels-Redmann
- Paulo A.N. Felippe
- Clarice Arns
- Hafez M. Hafez
- Michael Lierz
Publication date
December 2014
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
Avian bornavirus (ABV) has been identified as the cause of proventricular dilatation disease in birds, but the virus is also found in healthy birds. Most studies of ABV have focused on captive birds. We investigated 86 free-ranging psittacine birds in Brazil and found evidence for natural, long-term ABV infection
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