Abstract
In China in 2010, a disease outbreak in egg-laying ducks was associated with a flavivirus. The virus was isolated and partially sequenced. The isolate exhibited 87%-91% identity with strains of Tembusu virus, a mosquito-borne flavivirus of the Ntaya virus group. These findings demonstrate emergence of Tembusu virus in ducks.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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China / epidemiology
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Disease Outbreaks / veterinary*
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Ducks / virology*
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Flavivirus / classification
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Flavivirus / genetics
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Flavivirus / isolation & purification*
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Flavivirus Infections / epidemiology
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Flavivirus Infections / pathology
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Flavivirus Infections / veterinary*
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Humans
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Phylogeny
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Poultry Diseases / epidemiology*
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Poultry Diseases / pathology
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Poultry Diseases / virology*
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Viral Nonstructural Proteins / genetics
Substances
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NS1 protein, Flavivirus
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Viral Nonstructural Proteins