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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, more
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Keyword
    Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Author keywords
    Usutu virus; common scoter; Belgium; the Netherlands

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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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