TY - JOUR AU - Neira, Víctor AU - Tapia, Rodrigo AU - Verdugo, Claudio AU - Barriga, Gonzalo AU - Mor, Sunil AU - Ng, Terry Fei Fan AU - García, Victoria AU - Del Río, José AU - Rodrigues, Pedro AU - Briceño, Cristóbal AU - Medina, Rafael AU - González-Acuña, Daniel T1 - Novel Avulaviruses in Penguins, Antarctica T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 7 SP - 1212 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We identified 3 novel and distinct avulaviruses from Gentoo penguins sampled in Antarctica. We isolated these viruses and sequenced their complete genomes; serologic assays demonstrated that the viruses do not have cross-reactivity between them. Our findings suggest that these 3 new viruses represent members of 3 novel avulavirus species. KW - avian paramyxovirus KW - penguins KW - Antarctica KW - avulavirus KW - zoonoses KW - viruses DO - 10.3201/eid2307.170054 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/7/17-0054_article ER - End of Reference