Influenza A(H11N2) Virus Detection in Fecal Samples from Adélie (Pygoscelis adeliae) and Chinstrap (Pygoscelis antarcticus) Penguins, Penguin Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Microbiology Spectrum
• Main Authors: Ogrzewalska, Maria, Couto Motta, Fernando, Resende, Paola Cristina, Fumian, Tulio, Fonseca da Mendonça, Ana Carolina, Appolinario Reis, Luciana, Lima Brandao, Martha, Chame, Marcia, Arantes Gomes, Ighor Leonardo, Mendonca Siqueira, Marilda
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022
• Subjects: Research Article; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Penguin Island; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9603087/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36121294; https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01427-22

Influenza A viruses infect a range of host species, including a large variety of mammals and more than a hundred species of birds. A total of 95 avian fecal samples were collected from penguin colonies in the South Shetland Islands, close to the Antarctic Peninsula, and tested by reverse transcripti...