Pingu virus: A new picornavirus in penguins from Antarctica

• Published in: Virus Evolution
• Main Authors: de Souza, William Marciel, Fumagalli, Marcílio Jorge, Martin, Matheus Cavalheiro, de Araujo, Jansen, Orsi, Maria Angela, Sanfilippo, Luiz Francisco, Modha, Sejal, Durigon, Edison Luiz, Proença-Módena, José Luiz, Arns, Clarice Weis, Murcia, Pablo Ramiro, Figueiredo, Luiz Tadeu Moraes
• Other Authors: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil, Medical Research Council of the UK
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2019
• Subjects: King George Island; Pingu; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Pygoscelis adeliae; Pygoscelis papua
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1093/ve/vez047; http://academic.oup.com/ve/article-pdf/5/2/vez047/31507077/vez047.pdf

Abstract Picornaviridae family comprises single-stranded, positive-sense RNA viruses distributed into forty-seven genera. Picornaviruses have a broad host range and geographic distribution in all continents. In this study, we applied a high-throughput sequencing approach to examine the presence of p...