EVIDENCE OF ORTHO- AND PARAMYXOVIRUSES IN FAUNA FROM ANTARCTICA

F. J. Austin, Robert G. Webster

Journal of Wildlife Diseases · 1993 · 102 citations · 8 references

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Serum antibodies to influenza A viruses and paramyxoviruses were detected in Adelie penguin (Pysoscelis adeliae) and Antarctic skua (Stercorarius skua maccormicki) sera in the Ross Sea Dependency. An avian paramyxovirus was isolated from a penguin cloacal swab.

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