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Broad Tissue and Cell Tropism of Avian Bornavirus in Parrots with Proventricular Dilatation Disease
19 Mar 2009
Abstract excerpt
Avian bornaviruses (ABV), representing a new genus within the family Bornaviridae, were recently discovered in parrots from North America and Israel with proventricular dilatation disease (PDD). We show here that closely related viruses are also present in captive European parrots of various species with PDD. The six ABV strains that we identified in clinically diseased birds are new members of the previously...
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