title: Evidence of ortho- and paramyxoviruses in fauna from Antarctica.
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.
authors.affiliation: Health Research Council of New Zealand Virus Research Unit, University of Otago, Dunedin.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Austin
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Webster
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000864:Antarctic Regions / Q000453:epidemiology; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D018109:Avulavirus / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001717:Birds; D002988:Cloaca / Q000382:microbiology; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000276:immunology*; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010253:Respirovirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D046048:Seals, Earless
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral