Is Penguin Circovirus Circulating Only in the Antarctic Circle? Lack of Viral Detection in Namibia ...

• Main Authors: Roberts, Laura C., Molini, Umberto, Coetzee, Lauren M., Khaiseb, Siegfried, Roux, Jean-Paul, Kemper, Jessica, Roberts, David G., Ludynia, Katrin, Doherr, Marcus, Abernethy, Darrell, Franzo, Giovanni
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Freie Universität Berlin 2023
• Subjects: penguin circovirus PenCV; Namibia; penguin; molecular epidemiology; 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften610 Medizin und Gesundheit616 Krankheiten; Antarctic; Guano; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-39392; https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/39674

The known host range of circoviruses is continuously expanding because of more intensive diagnostic activities and advanced sequencing tools. Recently, a new circovirus (penguin circovirus (PenCV)) was identified in the guano and cloacal samples collected from Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) an...