Isolation of an English uukuvirus (family Bunyaviridae).

• Main Authors: Eley, S. M., Nuttall, P. A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 1984
• Subjects: Research Article; Marsden; rissa tridactyla
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2129428; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6501877

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 is...