Virological Sampling of Inaccessible Wildlife with Drones
There is growing interest in characterizing the viromes of diverse mammalian species, particularly in the context of disease emergence. However, little is known about virome diversity in aquatic mammals, in part due to difficulties in sampling. We characterized the virome of the exhaled breath (or b...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:6024715 2023-05-15T13:30:32+02:00 Virological Sampling of Inaccessible Wildlife with Drones Geoghegan, Jemma L. Pirotta, Vanessa Harvey, Erin Smith, Alastair Buchmann, Jan P. Ostrowski, Martin Eden, John-Sebastian Harcourt, Robert Holmes, Edward C. 2018-06-02 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6024715/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29865228 https://doi.org/10.3390/v10060300 en eng MDPI http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6024715/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29865228 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v10060300 © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). CC-BY Communication Text 2018 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.3390/v10060300 2018-07-22T00:15:30Z There is growing interest in characterizing the viromes of diverse mammalian species, particularly in the context of disease emergence. However, little is known about virome diversity in aquatic mammals, in part due to difficulties in sampling. We characterized the virome of the exhaled breath (or blow) of the Eastern Australian humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). To achieve an unbiased survey of virome diversity, a meta-transcriptomic analysis was performed on 19 pooled whale blow samples collected via a purpose-built Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV, or drone) approximately 3 km off the coast of Sydney, Australia during the 2017 winter annual northward migration from Antarctica to northern Australia. To our knowledge, this is the first time that UAVs have been used to sample viruses. Despite the relatively small number of animals surveyed in this initial study, we identified six novel virus species from five viral families. This work demonstrates the potential of UAVs in studies of virus disease, diversity, and evolution. Text Antarc* Antarctica Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae PubMed Central (PMC) Viruses 10 6 300 |
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There is growing interest in characterizing the viromes of diverse mammalian species, particularly in the context of disease emergence. However, little is known about virome diversity in aquatic mammals, in part due to difficulties in sampling. We characterized the virome of the exhaled breath (or blow) of the Eastern Australian humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). To achieve an unbiased survey of virome diversity, a meta-transcriptomic analysis was performed on 19 pooled whale blow samples collected via a purpose-built Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV, or drone) approximately 3 km off the coast of Sydney, Australia during the 2017 winter annual northward migration from Antarctica to northern Australia. To our knowledge, this is the first time that UAVs have been used to sample viruses. Despite the relatively small number of animals surveyed in this initial study, we identified six novel virus species from five viral families. This work demonstrates the potential of UAVs in studies of virus disease, diversity, and evolution. |
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Geoghegan, Jemma L. Pirotta, Vanessa Harvey, Erin Smith, Alastair Buchmann, Jan P. Ostrowski, Martin Eden, John-Sebastian Harcourt, Robert Holmes, Edward C. |
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Virological Sampling of Inaccessible Wildlife with Drones |
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