Scavengers as Prospective Sentinels of Viral Diversity: the Snowy Sheathbill Virome as a Potential Tool for Monitoring Virus Circulation, Lessons from Two Antarctic Expeditions-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Scavengers as Prospective Sentinels of Viral Diversity: the Snowy Sheathbill Virome as a Potential Tool for Monitoring Virus Circulation, Lessons from Two Antarctic Expeditions

Published:2023-06-15 Issue:3 Volume:11 Page:
ISSN:2165-0497
Container-title:Microbiology Spectrum
language:en
Short-container-title:Microbiol Spectr

Author:

Zamora Gabriel¹,Aguilar Pierlé Sebastian²,Loncopan Johana¹,Araos Loreto¹,Verdugo Francisco¹,Rojas-Fuentes Cecilia³⁴,Krüger Lucas⁵⁶,Gaggero Aldo³,Barriga Gonzalo P.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Laboratory of Emerging Viruses, Virology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

2. Inorevia, Pepinière Paris Santé Cochin, Paris, France

3. Laboratory of Environmental Virology, Virology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

4. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Programa Magister en Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins, Santiago, Chile

5. Instituto Antártico Chileno, Punta Arenas, Chile

6. Fundación Instituto de Biodiversidad de Ecosistemas Antárticos y Subantárticos, Las Palmeras, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile

Abstract

This article describes whole-virome and targeted viral surveillance for coronaviruses, paramyxoviruses, and influenza viruses in snowy sheathbills from the Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland. Our results suggest an important role of this species as a sentinel for this region.

Funder

Institut chilien de l'Antarctique

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Cell Biology,Microbiology (medical),Genetics,General Immunology and Microbiology,Ecology,Physiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/spectrum.03302-22

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