Isolation of an English uukuvirus (family Bunyaviridae )

• Published in: Journal of Hygiene
• Main Authors: Eley, S. M., Nuttall, P. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1984
• Subjects: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Immunology; Marsden; rissa tridactyla
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400064846; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022172400064846

Summary 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.