Experimental Infection of Common Eider Ducklings with Wellfleet Bay Virus, a Newly Characterized Orthomyxovirus

Experimental Infection of Common Eider Ducklings with Wellfleet Bay Virus, a Newly Characterized Orthomyxovirus

Wellfleet Bay virus (WFBV), a novel orthomyxovirus in the genus Quaranjavirus, was first isolated in 2006 from carcasses of common eider (Somateria mollissima) during a mortality event in Wellfleet Bay (Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA) and has since been repeatedly isolated during recurrent mo...

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Main Authors: Valerie Shearn-Bochsler, Hon Sang Ip, Anne Ballmann, Jeffrey S. Hall, Andrew B. Allison, Jennifer Ballard, Julie C. Ellis, Robert Cook, Samantha E.J. Gibbs, Chris Dwyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Common eider
hepatic necrosis
mass mortality
orthomyxovirus
Quaranjavirus
Somateria mollissima
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/12/16-0366_article

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