Isolation of an English uukuvirus (family Bunyaviridae).
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 arthropod-borne virus after louping ill virus, family Togaviridae (Smith & Varma, 1981). The possibility of infection of humans by uukuviruses is discussed.
D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000382:microbiology; D002043:Bunyaviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002642:Chick Embryo; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000382:microbiology; D051379:Mice; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology; D014981:Xenopus