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Mycoplasma gallisepticum  is one of the most important poultry pathogens that can also infect wild birds, but knowledge of potential non-poultry hosts that could be reservoirs of  M .  gallisepticum  is limited. For the paper presented here, we screened three databases (PubMed, Scopus, and the Web of Knowledge) to find articles on the occurrence of  M .  gallisepticum  in different wild bird species that were published between 1951 and 2018. Among 314 studies found, we selected and included 50 original articles that met the pre-established criteria. From those publications we extracted the following information: name of the first author, year of publication, year of sample isolation, country, region, number of birds sampled, number of birds tested by each method, number of positive samples, diagnostic criteria, and if birds were wild or captive. Because different detection techniques were used to confirm the presence of  M .  gallisepticum  in one animal, we decided to perform the meta analyses separately for each method. The estimated prevalence of  M .  gallisepticum  in wild birds was different by each method of detection. Our summary revealed that  M .  gallisepticum  was present in 56 species of bird belonging to 11 different orders, of which 21 species were reported suffering both past and current infection. Our work provides information on wild bird species that could be considered potential reservoirs or carriers of  M .  gallisepticum  and could be helpful to set the direction for future research on the spread and phylogeny of  M .  gallisepticum  in different hosts.

Occurrence of Mycoplasma gallisepticum in wild birds: A systematic review and meta-analysis