First Evidence of Fatal Usutu Virus Natural Infections in an Anatidae, the Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra).

peer reviewed While fatal infections caused by the Usutu virus appeared to concern only passerines (especially the blackbird) and Strigiformes (especially the great gray owl), we report herein that the virus also naturally causes a fatal disease in an anseriforme species, the common scoter (Melanitt...

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Published in:Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
Main Authors: Benzarti, Emna, Garigliany, Mutien-Marie, Hauman, Dany, Paternostre, Julien, Linden, Annick, Franssen, Mathieu, Sarlet, Michaël, Cassart, Dominique, Desmecht, Daniel
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2019
Subjects:
Belgium
Usutu virus
common scoter
the Netherlands
Life sciences
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Sciences du vivant
Médecine vétérinaire & santé animale
Melanitta nigra
Online Access:https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/237678
https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2019.2460
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Summary:peer reviewed While fatal infections caused by the Usutu virus appeared to concern only passerines (especially the blackbird) and Strigiformes (especially the great gray owl), we report herein that the virus also naturally causes a fatal disease in an anseriforme species, the common scoter (Melanitta nigra).

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