Emerging infectious diseases · 2008 · 239 citations · 9 references
Veterinary MedicineInfectious DiseasesVeterinary MicrobiologyAvian MedicineMolecular VirologyVirologyBird DiseasesPsittacine MedicineViral Diseases Of WildlifeViral InfectionsViral ZoonosesWild Bird MedicineBird NeuropathologyInfectious Disease DiagnosisPeripheral Nervous System DisordersProventricular DilatationPsittacine Infectious DiseasesPsittacine ZoonosesReal-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr)Viral Infection Pathology
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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Genomic organization of Borna disease virus.
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