Identification of a Novel Adélie Penguin Circovirus at Cape Crozier (Ross Island, Antarctica)

• Published in: Viruses
• Main Authors: Virginia Morandini, Katie M. Dugger, Grant Ballard, Megan Elrod, Annie Schmidt, Valeria Ruoppolo, Amélie Lescroël, Dennis Jongsomjit, Melanie Massaro, Jean Pennycook, Gerald L. Kooyman, Kara Schmidlin, Simona Kraberger, David G. Ainley, Arvind Varsani
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Pygoscelis adeliae; Circoviridae; Antarctica; Ross Island; Cape Crozier; Antarctic; Austral; Crozier; Guano; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/v11121088

Understanding the causes of disease in Antarctic wildlife is crucial, as many of these species are already threatened by environmental changes brought about by climate change. In recent years, Antarctic penguins have been showing signs of an unknown pathology: a feather disorder characterised by mis...