title: Novel borna virus in psittacine birds with proventricular dilatation disease.
abstract: Pyrosequencing of cDNA from brains of parrots with proventricular dilatation disease (PDD), an unexplained fatal inflammatory central, autonomic, and peripheral nervous system disease, showed 2 strains of a novel Borna virus. Real-time PCR confirmed virus presence in brain, proventriculus, and adrenal gland of 3 birds with PDD but not in 4 unaffected birds.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Kirsi S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Honkavuori
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Shivaprasad
authors.forename: Brent L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Phenix Lan
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Quan
authors.forename: Mady
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hornig
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Street
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Palacios
authors.forename: Stephen K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Hutchison
authors.forename: Monique
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Franca
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Egholm
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Briese
authors.forename: W Ian
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Lipkin
mesh_terms: D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000821:virology; D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D001891:Borna disease virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001921:Brain / Q000821:virology; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000662:veterinary*; D011531:Proventriculus / Q000821:virology*; D011563:Psittaciformes / Q000821:virology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D013577:Syndrome