The pace of pathogen discovery is rapidly accelerating. This reflects not only factors that
enable the appearance and globalization of new microbial infections, but also improvements …

Bornaviruses are the only animal RNA viruses that establish a persistent infection in their
host cell nucleus. Studies of bornaviruses have provided unique information about viral …

A specific concept of strain was developed in order to classify the BTV serotypes ever
reported in Europe based on their properties of animal health impact: the genotype …

Inclusion body disease (IBD) is an infectious fatal disease of snakes typified by behavioral
abnormalities, wasting, and secondary infections. At a histopathological level, the disease is …

Solid organ transplant patients are vulnerable to suffering neurologic complications from a
wide array of viral infections and can be sentinels in the population who are first to get …

Avian bornavirus (ABV) is the presumed causative agent of proventricular dilatation disease
(PDD), a major fatal disease in psittacines. However, the influencing factors and …

Thanks to new technologies which enable rapid and unbiased screening for viral nucleic
acids in clinical specimens, an impressive number of previously unknown viruses have …

Proventricular dilatation disease (PDD) is a neurologic disease of psittacine birds suspected
to be caused by a recently identified Avian bornavirus (ABV). In the current report, data …

Avian bornaviruses are the causative agents of proventricular dilatation disease (PDD), a
fatal neurological disease considered to be a major threat to psittacine bird populations. We …

ABV is the only known etiologic agent of PDD, an infectious disease of birds (Fig. 1). PDD
has been reported to occur in more than 80 species of psittacines. It has also been reported …