TY - JOUR AU - Esteves, Felipe C.B. AU - Marín, Sandra AU - Resende, Maurício AU - Silva, Aila S.G. AU - Coelho, Hannah L.G. AU - Barbosa, Mayara AU - D’Aparecida, Natália AU - de Resende, José AU - Torres, Ana C.D. AU - Martins, Nelson R.S. T1 - Avian Pox in Native Captive Psittacines, Brazil, 2015 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 1 SP - 154 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To investigate an outbreak of avian pox in psittacines in a conservation facility, we examined 94 birds of 10 psittacine species, including sick and healthy birds. We found psittacine pox virus in 23 of 27 sick birds and 4 of 67 healthy birds. Further characterization is needed for these isolates. KW - Brazil KW - avian pox KW - psittacines KW - avipoxvirus KW - viruses KW - parrot KW - parakeet KW - macaw KW - birds DO - 10.3201/eid2301.161133 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/1/16-1133_article ER - End of Reference