Avian bornavirus in free-ranging psittacine birds, Brazil

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Dec;20(12):2103-6. doi: 10.3201/eid2012.140920.

Abstract

Avian bornavirus (ABV) has been identified as the cause of proventricular dilatation disease in birds, but the virus is also found in healthy birds. Most studies of ABV have focused on captive birds. We investigated 86 free-ranging psittacine birds in Brazil and found evidence for natural, long-term ABV infection.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bird Diseases / epidemiology
  • Bird Diseases / pathology
  • Bird Diseases / virology*
  • Birds
  • Bornaviridae* / classification
  • Bornaviridae* / genetics
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Genotype
  • Mononegavirales Infections / veterinary*
  • Public Health Surveillance
  • RNA, Viral

Substances

  • RNA, Viral