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Molecular epidemiology of avian bornavirus from pet birds in Japan.
Virus genes - 1 Aug 2013
Sassa Yukiko, Horie Masayuki, Fujino Kan, Nishiura Naomi, Okazaki Sachiko, Furuya Tetsuya, Nagai Makoto, Omatsu Tsutomu, Kojima Atsushi, Mizugami Masaya, Ueda Kengo, Iki Haruko, Ebisawa Kazumasa, Tomonaga Keizo, Mizutani Tetsuya
Abstract excerpt
Recently, Avian bornavirus (ABV) was detected in proventricular dilatation disease (PDD) affected-birds and feather picking diseases affected-birds. However, the pathogenicity of ABV has not been thoroughly investigated. In this study, we surveyed ABV in pet birds in Japan. We found four ABV-infected birds among 93 pet birds using RT-PCR, and genotypes of the ABV were determined as ABV-2 and -4. Two of the birds...
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