Identification of Circovirus Genome in a Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) and Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) on the Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Viruses
• Main Authors: Hila Levy, Steven R. Fiddaman, Anni Djurhuus, Caitlin E. Black, Simona Kraberger, Adrian L. Smith, Tom Hart, Arvind Varsani
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: circovirus; penguins; Antarctica; Pygoscelis antarcticus; Pygoscelis adeliae; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Booth Island; Cape Crozier; Charcot; Crozier; East Antarctica; Port Charcot; Ross Island; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*; antarcticus; Chinstrap penguin
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/v12080858

Circoviruses infect a variety of animal species and have small (~1.8–2.2 kb) circular single-stranded DNA genomes. Recently a penguin circovirus (PenCV) was identified associated with an Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) with feather disorder and in the cloacal swabs of three asymptomatic Adélie P...