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Avian pox: Great tit disease ‘spread to UK by insects’
A virus that can kill great tits was brought into the UK by insects, scientists believe.
The disease was first found in south-east England in 2006, but has spread rapidly around the country. It causes large growths on birds' beaks and eyes.
A new study shows the strain originated in Scandinavia or Central Europe and was probably carried across the Channel by biting insects, such as mosquitoes.
The findings have been published in three papers in the journal Plos One.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20425314
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You wrote the t-word.
