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Viruses were isolated from two of three pools of the tickIxodes uriae collected from a puffin(Fratercula arctica) colony on the Shiant islands. One pool contained an orbivirus whereas evidence of both orbi- and bunyaviruses was found in the second pool. Serological tests showed that the orbiviruses were related to Cape Wrath virus in the Kemerovo serogroup; the bunyavirus appeared to be related to Clo Mor virus of the Sakhalin serogroup. The results indicate that an interchange of viruses may occur within seabird colonies of the north-west of Scotland.
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Nuttall, P.A., Alhaq, A., Moss, S.R. et al. Orbi- and bunyaviruses from a puffin colony in the outer Hebrides. Archives of Virology 74, 259–268 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01314159
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