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The phylogenetic and phylogeographic landscape of the beak and feather disease virus, 1996-2022.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2023
Shah Pir Tariq, Wang Jing, Liu Yue, Hussain Behzad, Ma Zi-Hui, Wu Changxin, Xing Li
Abstract excerpt
The beak and feather disease virus (BFDV), causative agent of Psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD), is a highly fatal and widespread virus that infects both the wild and captive Psittaciformes around the world. The BFDV genome is a ssDNA of approximately 2 kb in size, making it among the smallest known pathogenic viruses. Though, the virus is placed in Circoviridae family of the Circovirus genus, there is...
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