EVIDENCE OF ORTHOMYXOVIRUSES AND PARAMYXOVIRUSES IN FAUNA FROM ANTARCTICA

Authors
AUSTIN FJ WEBSTER RG
Citation
Fj. Austin et Rg. Webster, EVIDENCE OF ORTHOMYXOVIRUSES AND PARAMYXOVIRUSES IN FAUNA FROM ANTARCTICA, Journal of wildlife diseases, 29(4), 1993, pp. 568-571
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of wildlife diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00903558
Volume
29
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
568 - 571
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-3558(1993)29:4<568:EOOAPI>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Serum antibodies to influenza A viruses and paramyxoviruses were detec ted in Adelie penguin (Pysoscelis adeliae) and Antarctic skua (Stercor arius skua maccormicki) sera in the Ross Sea Dependency. An avian para myxovirus was isolated from a penguin cloacal swab.