Arbovirus of Marine Mammals: a New Alphavirus Isolated from the Elephant Seal Louse, Lepidophthirus macrorhini

• Published in: Journal of Virology
• Main Authors: La Linn, May, Gardner, Joy, Warrilow, David, Darnell, Grant A., McMahon, Clive R., Field, Ian, Hyatt, Alex D., Slade, Robert W., Suhrbier, Andreas
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2001
• Subjects: Pathogenesis and Immunity; Antarctic; The Louse; Antarc*; Antarctica; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; Macquarie Island; Mirounga leonina; Southern Elephant Seal; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: 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

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...