Rare Ducks in Massachusetts

Tembusu Virus in Ducks, China

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.

Shrewsbury , Massachusetts

Mbewu ducks AIDS deaths.

The Elusive Musk Ducks

An exploratory study in Massachusetts

Ms. Perlman is a doctoral student, Dr. Klerman is an associate professor of public health, and Dr. Kinard is an adjunct lecturer, Florence Heller Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass. 02254. The study described in this paper was supported by a biomedical research support grant of Brandeis University from funds provided by the National Instit...