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Plaque reduction neutralisation test results for common guillemot (Uria aalge) blood samples tested against twelve strains of a tick-borne virus, Great Island virus

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Environmental Information Data Centre
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4 September 2026
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Summary

This dataset contains plaque reduction neutralisation test (PRNT) results for common guillemot (Uria aalge) blood samples tested against twelve strains of a tick-borne virus, Great Island virus. 144 individual pre-breeding and breeding guillemots were captured between 1993 and 1995 on the Isle of May, Scotland and blood samples collected on filter paper. Plaque reduction neutralisation tests (PRNT) were then performed on these blood samples to detect virus strain-specific neutralising antibodies. Part of this dataset is presented in the peer-reviewed article Nunn et al. (2006) Parasitology 132: 233-40. This work was part of a NERC-funded PhD project looking at interactions between avian colonial social structure and tick-borne pathogen dynamics. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/bc1d9057-64b3-4b82-8db7-c5984d967659

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
02 September 2026
Harvest GUID
bc1d9057-64b3-4b82-8db7-c5984d967659
Extent (Latitude)
56.194° to 56.178°
Extent (Longitude)
-2.569° to -2.543°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2016-02-29
Dataset reference date (creation)
2015-11-23
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Access constraints
© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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(author, pointOfContact, publisher, owner, custodian)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng