TY - JOUR AU - Olias, Philipp AU - Gruber, Achim D. AU - Kohls, Andrea AU - Hafez, Hafez M. AU - Heydorn, Alfred Otto AU - Mehlhorn, Heinz AU - Lierz, Michael T1 - Sarcocystis Species Lethal for Domestic Pigeons T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2010 VL - 16 IS - 3 SP - 497 SN - 1080-6059 AB - A large number of Sarcocystis spp. infect birds as intermediate hosts, but pigeons are rarely affected. We identified a novel Sarcocystis sp. that causes lethal neurologic disease in domestic pigeons in Germany. Experimental infections indicated transmission by northern goshawks, and sequence analyses indicated transnational distribution. Worldwide spread is possible. KW - Apicomplexa KW - protozoa KW - polyuria KW - depression KW - torticollis KW - encephalitis KW - ribosomal KW - RNA KW - 18S KW - 28S KW - parasites KW - dispatch KW - Germany DO - 10.3201/eid1603.090860 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/3/09-0860_article ER - End of Reference