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Isolation of an English uukuvirus (family Bunyaviridae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

S. M. Eley  and
P. A. Nuttall
S. M. Eley
Affiliation:
Natural Environment Research Council, Institute of Virology, Mansfield Road, Oxford 0X1 3SR
P. A. Nuttall
Affiliation:
Natural Environment Research Council, Institute of Virology, Mansfield Road, Oxford 0X1 3SR
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A virus of the Uukuniemi serogroup was isolated from various organs of a moribund kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) and from ticks (Ixodes uriae) that were feeding on the bird. The kittiwake was found on Marsden beach, north-east England. This is the first virus in the family Bunyaviridae to have been isolated in England and only the second English arthropodborne virus after louping ill virus, family Togaviridae (Smith & Varma, 1981). The possibility of infection of humans by uukuviruses is discussed.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 93 , Issue 2 , October 1984 , pp. 313 - 316
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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