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. 2014 Jan;199(1):191-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2013.10.017. Epub 2013 Oct 28.

Detection of Usutu virus in a bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) and a great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) in north-west Europe

Mutien-Marie Garigliany  1 , Didier Marlier  2 , Klara Tenner-Racz  3 , Martin Eiden  4 , Dominique Cassart  1 , Frédéric Gandar  2 , Martin Beer  4 , Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit  3 , Daniel Desmecht  5
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Detection of Usutu virus in a bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) and a great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) in north-west Europe

Mutien-Marie Garigliany et al. Vet J. 2014 Jan.

Abstract

In October 2012, a 3-year-old bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) held in captivity for its entire lifespan and a wild adult great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), both with neurological signs, were found 4 km from each other and 5 days apart in the Meuse Valley, Belgium. Non-suppurative encephalitis and mild degeneration and necrosis were identified in the brain and cerebellum, and Usutu virus antigen and RNA were detected by immunohistochemistry and real-time reverse transcriptase PCR, respectively. The two cases reported here represent the most western distribution of clinical disease in birds due to Usutu virus in Europe.

Keywords: Bullfinch; Europe; Flaviviridae; Passeriformes; Usutu virus; Woodpecker.

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