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

• Published in: Animals
• Main Authors: Laura C. Roberts, Umberto Molini, Lauren M. Coetzee, Siegfried Khaiseb, Jean-Paul Roux, Jessica Kemper, David G. Roberts, Katrin Ludynia, Marcus Doherr, Darrell Abernethy, Giovanni Franzo
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: penguin circovirus (PenCV); Namibia; penguin; molecular epidemiology; Antarctic; Guano; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13091449

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...