Identification of circovirus genome in a Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) and Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) on the Antarctic peninsula

• Published in: Viruses
• Main Authors: Levy, H, Fiddaman, SR, Djurhuus, A, Black, CE, Kraberger, S, Smith, AL, Hart, T, Varsani, A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Booth Island; Cape Crozier; Charcot; Crozier; East Antarctica; Port Charcot; Ross Island; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Chinstrap penguin; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/v12080858; https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3ccd754f-7ceb-4e86-b900-64d69ef3cd6d

Circoviruses infect a variety of animal species and have small (~1.8–2.2 kb) circular single-stranded DNA genomes. Recently a penguin circovirus (PenCV) was identified associated with an Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) with feather disorder and in the cloacal swabs of three asymptomatic Adélie P...