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Identification of mixed infections with different genotypes of avian bornaviruses in psittacine birds with proventricular dilatation disease.
Avian diseases - 1 Jun 2012
Nedorost N, Maderner C A, Kolodziejek J, Lussy H, Nowotny N, Weissenböck H
Abstract excerpt
Proventricular dilatation disease (PDD) is a fatal, progressive neurological disorder of psittacine birds, which is caused by a single-stranded RNA virus, the avian bornavirus (ABV). The disease pattern includes lymphoplasmacytic inflammation of the central, peripheral and autonomic nervous system. Seven avian bornavirus genotypes have been identified during the last years. So far only monoinfections with a...
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