Arbovirus of Marine Mammals: a New Alphavirus Isolated from the Elephant Seal Louse, Lepidophthirus macrorhini
A novel alphavirus was isolated from the louse Lepidophthirus macrorhini, collected from southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina, on Macquarie Island, Australia. The virus displayed classic alphavirus ultrastructure and appeared to be serologically different from known Australasian alphaviruses. N...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:114155 2023-05-15T13:48:49+02:00 Arbovirus of Marine Mammals: a New Alphavirus Isolated from the Elephant Seal Louse, Lepidophthirus macrorhini La Linn, May Gardner, Joy Warrilow, David Darnell, Grant A. McMahon, Clive R. Field, Ian Hyatt, Alex D. Slade, Robert W. Suhrbier, Andreas 2001-05 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC114155 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11287559 https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.75.9.4103-4109.2001 en eng American Society for Microbiology http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC114155 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11287559 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.75.9.4103-4109.2001 Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology Pathogenesis and Immunity Text 2001 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.75.9.4103-4109.2001 2013-08-29T10:27:58Z A novel alphavirus was isolated from the louse Lepidophthirus macrorhini, collected from southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina, on Macquarie Island, Australia. The virus displayed classic alphavirus ultrastructure and appeared to be serologically different from known Australasian alphaviruses. Nearly all Macquarie Island elephant seals tested had neutralizing antibodies against the virus, but no virus-associated pathology has been identified. Antarctic Division personnel who have worked extensively with elephant seals showed no serological evidence of exposure to the virus. Sequence analysis illustrated that the southern elephant seal (SES) virus segregates with the Semliki Forest group of Australasian alphaviruses. Phylogenetic analysis of known alphaviruses suggests that alphaviruses might be grouped according to their enzootic vertebrate host class. The SES virus represents the first arbovirus of marine mammals and illustrates that alphaviruses can inhabit Antarctica and that alphaviruses can be transmitted by lice. Text Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Elephant Seal Elephant Seals Macquarie Island Mirounga leonina Southern Elephant Seal Southern Elephant Seals PubMed Central (PMC) Antarctic The Louse ENVELOPE(-56.415,-56.415,51.700,51.700) Journal of Virology 75 9 4103 4109 |
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A novel alphavirus was isolated from the louse Lepidophthirus macrorhini, collected from southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina, on Macquarie Island, Australia. The virus displayed classic alphavirus ultrastructure and appeared to be serologically different from known Australasian alphaviruses. Nearly all Macquarie Island elephant seals tested had neutralizing antibodies against the virus, but no virus-associated pathology has been identified. Antarctic Division personnel who have worked extensively with elephant seals showed no serological evidence of exposure to the virus. Sequence analysis illustrated that the southern elephant seal (SES) virus segregates with the Semliki Forest group of Australasian alphaviruses. Phylogenetic analysis of known alphaviruses suggests that alphaviruses might be grouped according to their enzootic vertebrate host class. The SES virus represents the first arbovirus of marine mammals and illustrates that alphaviruses can inhabit Antarctica and that alphaviruses can be transmitted by lice. |
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La Linn, May Gardner, Joy Warrilow, David Darnell, Grant A. McMahon, Clive R. Field, Ian Hyatt, Alex D. Slade, Robert W. Suhrbier, Andreas |
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La Linn, May Gardner, Joy Warrilow, David Darnell, Grant A. McMahon, Clive R. Field, Ian Hyatt, Alex D. Slade, Robert W. Suhrbier, Andreas |
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Arbovirus of Marine Mammals: a New Alphavirus Isolated from the Elephant Seal Louse, Lepidophthirus macrorhini |
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Arbovirus of Marine Mammals: a New Alphavirus Isolated from the Elephant Seal Louse, Lepidophthirus macrorhini |
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Arbovirus of Marine Mammals: a New Alphavirus Isolated from the Elephant Seal Louse, Lepidophthirus macrorhini |
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Arbovirus of Marine Mammals: a New Alphavirus Isolated from the Elephant Seal Louse, Lepidophthirus macrorhini |
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Arbovirus of Marine Mammals: a New Alphavirus Isolated from the Elephant Seal Louse, Lepidophthirus macrorhini |
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arbovirus of marine mammals: a new alphavirus isolated from the elephant seal louse, lepidophthirus macrorhini |
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC114155 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11287559 https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.75.9.4103-4109.2001 |
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