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Ticks Associated with Macquarie Island Penguins Carry Arboviruses from Four Genera PLoS ONE, 2009 (Ref: 13598)
Authors:
Major L.Linn M.L.Slade R.W.Schroder W.A.Hyatt A.D.Gardner J.Cowley J.Suhrbier A.
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.

Arbovirus of Marine Mammals: a New Alphavirus Isolated from the Elephant Seal Louse, Lepidophthirus macrorhini . Journal of Virology, 2001 (Ref: 9615)
Authors:
Linn M.L.Gardner J.Warrilow D.Darnell G.A.McMahon C.R.Field I.Hyatt A.D.Slade R.W.Suhrbier A.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

A novel alphavirus was isolated from the louse Lepidophthirus macrorhini, collected from southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina, on Macquarie Island, Australia. The virus displayed classic alphavirus ultrastructure and appeared to be serologically different from known Australasian alphaviruses.

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