Influenza A(H11N2) Virus Detection in Fecal Samples from Adélie (Pygoscelis adeliae) and Chinstrap (Pygoscelis antarcticus) Penguins, Penguin Island, Antarctica

Influenza A(H11N2) Virus Detection in Fecal Samples from Adélie (Pygoscelis adeliae) and Chinstrap (Pygoscelis antarcticus) Penguins, Penguin Island, Antarctica

ABSTRACT Influenza A viruses infect a range of host species, including a large variety of mammals and more than a hundred species of birds. A total of 95 avian fecal samples were collected from penguin colonies in the South Shetland Islands, close to the Antarctic Peninsula, and tested by reverse tr...

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Main Authors: Maria Ogrzewalska, Fernando Couto Motta, Paola Cristina Resende, Tulio Fumian, Ana Carolina Fonseca da Mendonça, Luciana Appolinario Reis, Martha Lima Brandao, Marcia Chame, Ighor Leonardo Arantes Gomes, Marilda Mendonca Siqueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-10-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
avian influenza
H11N2
virus
Antarctica
penguin
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01427-22

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01427-22

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