Pingu virus: A new picornavirus in penguins from Antarctica

• Published in: Virus Evolution
• Main Authors: de Souza, William Marciel, Fumagalli, Marcílio Jorge, Martin, Matheus Cavalheiro, de Araujo, Jansen, Orsi, Maria Angela, Sanfilippo, Luiz Francisco, Modha, Sejal, Durigon, Edison Luiz, Proença-Módena, José Luiz, Arns, Clarice Weis, Murcia, Pablo Ramiro, Figueiredo, Luiz Tadeu Moraes
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2019
• Subjects: Rapid Communication; King George Island; Pingu; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Pygoscelis adeliae; Pygoscelis papua
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6908804/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31850147; https://doi.org/10.1093/ve/vez047

Picornaviridae family comprises single-stranded, positive-sense RNA viruses distributed into forty-seven genera. Picornaviruses have a broad host range and geographic distribution in all continents. In this study, we applied a high-throughput sequencing approach to examine the presence of picornavir...