ArticleiScience2022
A single fungal strain was the unexpected cause of a mass aspergillosis outbreak in the world's largest and only flightless parrot.
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- A 9-year retrospective mortality review of captive orange-bellied parrots (Neophema chrysogaster) in Australia.Australian veterinary journal · 2026Article
- The dual role of azoles: lifesaving antifungals and drivers of resistance - a One Health perspective.Nature communications · 2026Review
- Assessment of the performances of blood tests for the antemortem diagnosis of aspergillosis in wild or captive aquatic birds.Veterinary research · 2026Article
- Appearance of Environment-Linked Azole Resistance in the Aspergillus fumigatus Complex in New Zealand.Mycoses · 2025Article
- Diversity and cross-species transmission of viruses in a remote island ecosystem: implications for wildlife conservation.Virus evolution · 2025Article
- Influence of developmental stage on the antibiotic resistome and virome of the critically endangered kākāpō (Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Antifungal Drug Resistance.Current topics in microbiology and immunology · 2025Review
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- Emerging Antifungal Resistance in Fungal Pathogens.Current clinical microbiology reports · 2024Review
- Mitogenome Variations in a Global Population ofJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- New tools for the recovery of the kākāpō.Nature ecology & evolution · 2023Article
- Nationwide Survey about the Occurrence of Aspergillosis in Captive Penguins in Zoos and Aquariums in Japan.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
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Abstract
Kākāpō are a critically endangered species of parrots restricted to a few islands off the coast of New Zealand. Kākāpō are very closely monitored, especially during nesting seasons. In 2019, during a highly successful nesting season, an outbreak of aspergillosis affected 21 individuals and led to the deaths of 9, leaving a population of only 211 kākāpō. In monitoring this outbreak, cultures of aspergillus were grown, and genome sequenced. These sequences demonstrate that, very unusually for an aspergillus outbreak, a single strain of aspergillus caused the outbreak. This strain was found on two islands, but only one had an outbreak of aspergillosis; indicating that the strain was necessary, but not sufficient, to cause disease. Our analysis provides an understanding of the 2019 outbreak and provides potential ways to manage such events in the future.
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