ArticleScientific reports2015
Evidence of a deep viral host switch event with beak and feather disease virus infection in rainbow bee-eaters (Merops ornatus).
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- Beak and feather disease virus detected in the endangered Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus).Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- High Prevalence of a Novel Circovirus in the European Hedgehog (Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2024Article
- Fluctuation of the prevalence of beak and feather disease virus in captive psittacines in Iran.Archives of virology · 2023Article
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- Genome Sequence of a Beak and Feather Disease Virus from an Unusual Novel Host, Australian Boobook Owl (Ninox boobook).Microbiology resource announcements · 2022Article
- Apparent Lack of Circovirus Transmission from Invasive Parakeets to Native Birds.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Severe feather deformation in greater white-fronted goose (European journal of wildlife research · 2022Article
- Metagenomic detection and characterisation of multiple viruses in apparently healthy Australian Neophema birds.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
Since the characterization of psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD) in 1984, a wide range of avian circoviruses have been discovered with varying pathogenic effects amongst a diverse range of avian hosts. Until recently these circovirus species were thought to be restricted to within avian Orders such as the Psittaciformes for beak and feather disease virus (BFDV) and Columbiformes for pigeon circovirus with little evidence of cross-family transmission or replication. We report evidence of a naturally occurring novel host switch event with self-limiting BFDV infection in a group of rainbow bee-eaters (Merops ornatus) a species of Coraciiformes unrelated to parrots and not previously known to be susceptible to any avian circovirus. The outbreak highlights important and unexpected aspects of disease emergence and host-switching pertinent to other situations when viruses might cross species boundaries as well as the potential of avian circoviruses to infect disparate host species.
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