First evidence of fatal Usutu virus natural infections in an Anatidae, the common scoter (Melanitta nigra)

Benzarti, E.; Garigliany, M.; Hauman, D.; Paternostre, J.; Linden, A.; Franssen, M.; Sarlet, M.; Cassart, D.; Desmecht, D.

doi:/10.1089/vbz.2019.2460

First evidence of fatal Usutu virus natural infections in an Anatidae, the common scoter (Melanitta nigra)

Benzarti, E.; Garigliany, M.; Hauman, D.; Paternostre, J.; Linden, A.; Franssen, M.; Sarlet, M.; Cassart, D.; Desmecht, D. (2019). First evidence of fatal Usutu virus natural infections in an Anatidae, the common scoter (Melanitta nigra). Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 19(10): 777-780. https://dx.doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2019.2460

In: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. Mary Ann Liebert: New Rochelle. ISSN 1530-3667; e-ISSN 1557-7759, meer

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Trefwoord

Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]

Author keywords

Usutu virus; common scoter; Belgium; the Netherlands

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Benzarti, E., meer Garigliany, M., meer Hauman, D., meer	Paternostre, J., meer Linden, A., meer Franssen, M., meer	Sarlet, M., meer Cassart, D., meer Desmecht, D., meer

Abstract

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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