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1 October 1993 EVIDENCE OF ORTHO- AND PARAMYXOVIRUSES IN FAUNA FROM ANTARCTICA
F. J. Austin, R. G. Webster
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Abstract

Serum antibodies to influenza A viruses and paramyxoviruses were detected in Adelie penguin (Pysoscelis adeliae) and Antarctic skua (Stercorarius skua maccormicki) sera in the Ross Sea Dependency. An avian paramyxovirus was isolated from a penguin cloacal swab.

Austin and Webster: EVIDENCE OF ORTHO- AND PARAMYXOVIRUSES IN FAUNA FROM ANTARCTICA
F. J. Austin and R. G. Webster "EVIDENCE OF ORTHO- AND PARAMYXOVIRUSES IN FAUNA FROM ANTARCTICA," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 29(4), 568-571, (1 October 1993). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-29.4.568
Received: 17 February 1993; Published: 1 October 1993
KEYWORDS
Adelie penguin
Antarctic
Antarctic skua
indirect enzyme immunoassay
influenza virus
paramyxovirus
serological survey
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