Avian bornavirus

Avian bornaviruses
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Riboviria
Kingdom:	Orthornavirae
Phylum:	Negarnaviricota
Class:	Monjiviricetes
Order:	Mononegavirales
Family:	Bornaviridae
Genus:	Orthobornavirus
Groups included
	Passeriform 1 orthobornavirus; Passeriform 2 orthobornavirus; Psittaciform 1 orthobornavirus; Psittaciform 2 orthobornavirus; Waterbird 1 orthobornavirus;
Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa
	Other orthobornaviruses

In 2008, by pyrosequencing of cDNA from the brains of several parrots suffering from proventricular dilatation disease (PDD), Honkavuori et al. identified the presence of a novel bornavirus.^[1]

^ Honkavuori, K.S.; Shivaprasad, H.L.; Williams, B.L.; Quan, P.-L.; Hornig, M.; Street, C.; Palacios, G.; Hutchison, S.K.; Franca, M.; Egholm, M.; Briese, T.; Lipkin, W.I. (2008). "Novel Borna Virus in Psittacine Birds with Proventricular Dilatation Disease". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 14 (12): 1883–1886. doi:10.3201/eid1412.080984. ISSN 1080-6040. PMC 2634650. PMID 19046511.

[1] Honkavuori, K.S.; Shivaprasad, H.L.; Williams, B.L.; Quan, P.-L.; Hornig, M.; Street, C.; Palacios, G.; Hutchison, S.K.; Franca, M.; Egholm, M.; Briese, T.; Lipkin, W.I. (2008). "Novel Borna Virus in Psittacine Birds with Proventricular Dilatation Disease". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 14 (12): 1883–1886. doi:10.3201/eid1412.080984. ISSN 1080-6040. PMC 2634650. PMID 19046511.

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