Molecular surveillance for avian influenza A virus in king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus).

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Chang, Chung-Ming, Lebarbenchon, Camille, Gauthier-Clerc, Michel, Le Bohec, Céline, Beaune, David, Le Maho, Yvon, van Der Werf, Sylvie
• Other Authors: Génétique Moléculaire des Virus Respiratoires, Institut Pasteur Paris (IP)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Génétique et évolution des maladies infectieuses (GEMI), Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Sud ), Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, Chang Gung University, Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie (DEPE-IPHC), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Support from the Institut Polaire Français–Paul Emile Victor (IPEV), from a Centre de Recherche de la Tour du Valat/Région Languedoc-Roussillon PhD fellowship, from a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) post-doctoral fellowship, and from the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) Santé- Environnement/Santé au travail.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2009
• Subjects: Avian influenza virus; Surveillance; King penguin; Real-time polymerase chain reaction; [SDV.BA.MVSA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Veterinary medicine and animal Health; [SDV.GEN.GA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Animal genetics; Possession Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; King Penguins; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00496146; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-009-0587-4

3 pages International audience An investigation of the presence of influenza A virus has been conducted in king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at the Possession Island in the Crozet Archipelago, Antarctica, using a rapid molecular diagnostic method based on real-time polymerase chain reaction. No evidence of outbreak or positive viral infection of influenza A virus was found in this study. We however recommend the implementation of long-term surveillance in seabird populations of polar ecosystems to detect the potential introduction of exotic strains and potential existence of a local epidemiological cycle for avian influenza viruses.