Diverse and highly recombinant anelloviruses associated with Weddell seals in Antarctica

• Published in: Virus Evolution
• Main Authors: Fahsbender, Elizabeth, Burns, Jennifer M., Kim, Stacy, Kraberger, Simona, Frankfurter, Greg, Eilers, Alice A., Shero, Michelle R., Beltran, Roxanne, Kirkham, Amy, McCorkell, Robert, Berngartt, Rachel K., Male, Maketalena F., Ballard, Grant, Ainley, David G., Breitbart, Mya, Varsani, Arvind
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2017
• Subjects: Research Article; Antarctic; Ross Sea; Teno; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctica; Stercorarius maccormicki; Weddell Seal; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5518176/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28744371; https://doi.org/10.1093/ve/vex017

The viruses circulating among Antarctic wildlife remain largely unknown. In an effort to identify viruses associated with Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) inhabiting the Ross Sea, vaginal and nasal swabs, and faecal samples were collected between November 2014 and February 2015. In addition,...