Project information
SLADE, Dr Robert (Rob)
Southern Cross University
Australia (or home country), Davis, Macquarie Island, Prydz Bay, Vestfold Hills
Project aim
Our objective is to determine if a newly discovered virus found in southern elephant seals is also present in other seals and also birds from the Antarctic and therefore to assess whether any of these other species are at risk of disease from the virus.
Related publications
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Ticks Associated with Macquarie Island Penguins Carry Arboviruses from Four Genera PLoS ONE, 2009
(Ref: 13598)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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.