A unique isolate of beak and feather disease virus isolated from budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) in South Africa

Archives of Virology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 435-439

  Varsani, Arvind ^a,b   de Villiers, Gillian K ^a   Regnard, Guy L ^a   Bragg, Robert R ^c   Kondiah, Kulsum ^c   Hitzeroth, Inga I ^a   Rybicki, Edward P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAK AND FEATHER DISEASE VIRUS; CIRCOVIRUS; MELOPSITTACUS; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCOVIRIDAE INFECTION; CIRCOVIRUS; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARAKEET; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CIRCOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CIRCOVIRUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; MELOPSITTACUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77949898405     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-010-0589-0     Document Type: Article

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