TY - JOUR AU - Encinas-Nagel, Nuri AU - Enderlein, Dirk AU - Piepenbring, Anne AU - Herden, Christiane AU - Heffels-Redmann, Ursula AU - Felippe, Paulo A.N. AU - Arns, Clarice AU - Hafez, Hafez AU - Lierz, Michael T1 - Avian Bornavirus in Free-Ranging Psittacine Birds, Brazil T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2014 VL - 20 IS - 12 SP - 2103 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - Avian bornavirus KW - free ranging KW - psittacines KW - Brazil KW - proventricular dilatation disease KW - mononuclear infiltration KW - birds KW - parrots KW - viruses DO - 10.3201/eid2012.140920 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/12/14-0920_article ER - End of Reference