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Global genetic diversity and geographical and host-species distribution of beak and feather disease virus isolates.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Apr 2011
Varsani Arvind, Regnard Guy L, Bragg Robert, Hitzeroth Inga I, Rybicki Edward P
Abstract excerpt
Psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD) has a broad host range and is widespread in wild and captive psittacine populations in Asia, Africa, the Americas, Europe and Australasia. Beak and feather disease circovirus (BFDV) is the causative agent. BFDV has an ∼2 kb single stranded circular DNA genome encoding just two proteins (Rep and CP). In this study we provide support for demarcation of BFDV strains by...
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