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WILD birds play an important part in the build-up and dissemination of some arboviruses1. In the sub-group, the tick-borne encephalitis complex, evidence has been obtained from the U.S.S.R.2, Czechoslovakia3 and Holland4 that some avian species are infected in Nature or can be infected with members of this group. We report here the isolation from the red grouse (Lagopus scoticus) of louping ill virus, one of the members of the tick-borne complex, together with the results of some preliminary experiments on the susceptibility of this species to infection with louping ill virus.
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WILLIAMS, H., THORBURN, H. & ZIFFO, G. Isolation of Louping ill Virus from the Red Grouse. Nature 200, 193–194 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/200193a0
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