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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Environment
Nick Forbes

Virus with links to yellow fever discovered in Scotland for first time

Residents on the Isle of Arran raised the alarm after seeing a cluster of blackbirds that had displayed ‘neurological symptoms’ (Nick Ansell/PA) - (PA Archive)

A mosquito-borne virus linked to the group of viruses that can cause yellow fever and West Nile virus has been discovered in Scotland for the first time.

The usutu virus, which is transmitted by mosquitos and carried mainly by wild birds, was identified in blackbirds on the Isle of Arran through a national bird surveillance programme.

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