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Avian keratin disorder of Alaska black-capped chickadees is associated with Poecivirus infection

BACKGROUND: Avian keratin disorder (AKD) is an epizootic of debilitating beak deformities, first documented in black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) in Alaska during the late 1990s. Similar deformities have now been recorded in dozens of species of birds across multiple continents. Despite...

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Autores principales: Zylberberg, Maxine, Van Hemert, Caroline, Handel, Colleen M., DeRisi, Joseph L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6003155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29903045
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12985-018-1008-5