Cygnet River Virus, a Novel Orthomyxovirus from Ducks, Australia

Cygnet River Virus, a Novel Orthomyxovirus from Ducks, Australia

A novel virus, designated Cygnet River virus (CyRV), was isolated in embryonated eggs from Muscovy ducks in South Australia. CyRV morphologically resembles arenaviruses; however, sequencing identified CyRV as an orthomyxovirus. The high mortality rate among ducks co-infected with salmonellae suggest...

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Main Authors: Allan Kessell, Alex Hyatt, Debra Lehmann, Songhua Shan, Sandra Crameri, Clare Holmes, Glenn Marsh, Catherine Williams, Mary Tachedjian, Meng Yu, John Bingham, Jean Payne, Sue Lowther, Jianning Wang, Lin-Fa Wang, Ina Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Cygnet River virus
orthomyxovirus
ducks
Australia
viruses
Muscovy ducks
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/12/12-0500_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/12/12-0500_article

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