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

• Published in: Microbiology Spectrum
• 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 in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022
• Subjects: avian influenza; H11N2; virus; Antarctica; penguin; Microbiology; QR1-502; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Shetland Islands; Penguin Island; Antarc*; antarcticus; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01427-22; https://doaj.org/article/8919d8d50bdb4a7893714b5474334f6a

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...