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Polyomaviruses of Birds: Etiologic Agents of Inflammatory Diseases in a Tumor Virus Family
23 Aug 2007
Abstract excerpt
Since their first detection in 1981 (7, 9), the polyomaviruses of birds have been known to cause acute and chronic diseases in several species of birds.Polyomavirus disease of parrots caused by avian polyomavirus (APV) (50, 70) and hemorrhagic nephritis and enteritis of geese (HNEG) caused by goose hemorrhagic polyomavirus (GHPV) (27, 57) are inflammatory diseases characterized by high mortality rates in young...
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