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| Title |
Ticks Associated with Macquarie Island Penguins Carry Arboviruses from Four Genera
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0004375 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Lee Major, May La Linn, Robert W. Slade, Wayne A. Schroder, Alex D. Hyatt, Joy Gardner, Jeff Cowley, Andreas Suhrbier |
| Abstract |
Macquarie Island, a small subantarctic island, is home to rockhopper, royal and king penguins, which are often infested with the globally distributed seabird tick, Ixodes uriae. A flavivirus, an orbivirus, a phlebovirus, and a nairovirus were isolated from these ticks and partial sequences obtained. The flavivirus was nearly identical to Gadgets Gully virus, isolated some 30 year previously, illustrating the remarkable genetic stability of this virus. The nearest relative to the orbivirus (for which we propose the name Sandy Bay virus) was the Scottish Broadhaven virus, and provided only the second available sequences from the Great Island orbivirus serogroup. The phlebovirus (for which we propose the name Catch-me-cave virus) and the previously isolated Precarious Point virus were distinct but related, with both showing homology with the Finnish Uukuniemi virus. These penguin viruses provided the second and third available sequences for the Uukuniemi group of phleboviruses. The nairovirus (for which we propose the name Finch Creek virus) was shown to be related to the North American Tillamook virus, the Asian Hazara virus and Nairobi sheep disease virus. Macquarie Island penguins thus harbour arboviruses from at least four of the seven arbovirus-containing genera, with related viruses often found in the northern hemisphere. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 78 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Chile | 1 | 1% |
| Kenya | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 73 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 32% |
| Researcher | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 5 | 6% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 15 | 19% |
| Unknown | 14 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 38 | 49% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 8% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 5% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 5% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 4 | 5% |
| Unknown | 19 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 December 2016.
All research outputs
#6,673,538
of 23,577,654 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#83,820
of 202,026 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#42,967
of 173,514 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#319
of 540 outputs
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