Novel Borna Virus in Psittacine Birds with Proventricular Dilatation Disease
Kirsi S. Honkavuori(Enzo Life Sciences (United States)), H. L. Shivaprasad(Enzo Life Sciences (United States)), Brent L. Williams(Enzo Life Sciences (United States)), Phenix‐Lan Quan(Enzo Life Sciences (United States)), Mady Hornig(Enzo Life Sciences (United States)), Craig Street(Enzo Life Sciences (United States)), Gustavo Palacios(Enzo Life Sciences (United States)), Stephen Hutchison(Enzo Life Sciences (United States)), Monique França(Enzo Life Sciences (United States)), Michael Egholm(Enzo Life Sciences (United States)), Thomas Briese(Enzo Life Sciences (United States)), W. Ian Lipkin(Enzo Life Sciences (United States))
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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 confirmed virus presence in brain, proventriculus, and adrenal gland of 3 birds with PDD but not in 4 unaffected birds.
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