Novel Avian Coronavirus and Fulminating Disease in Guinea Fowl, France

Etienne Liais, Guillaume Croville, Jérôme Mariette, Maxence Delverdier, Marie-Noëlle Lucas, Christophe Klopp, J Lluch, Cécile Donnadieu, James S. Guy, Léni Corrand,

Emerging infectious diseases · 2013 · 43 citations · 9 references

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For decades, French guinea fowl have been affected by fulminating enteritis of unclear origin. By using metagenomics, we identified a novel avian gammacoronavirus associated with this disease that is distantly related to turkey coronaviruses. Fatal respiratory diseases in humans have recently been caused by coronaviruses of animal origin.

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