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Montevideo, April 19th 2024 - 09:56 UTC

Tag: Aeron Hurt

  • Wednesday, May 7th 2014 - 06:21 UTC

    Live avian influenza virus discovered in Antarctica Adélie penguins

    “We found that this virus was unlike anything else detected in the world,” said Hurt ( Pic Aeron Hurt, WHO)

    Researchers have found a new type of avian influenza virus in a group of Adélie penguins (pygoscelies adeliae) from Antarctica. Aeron Hurt, PhD, a senior research scientist at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza in Melbourne, Australia, said that this is the first time that a distinct, live flu virus has been found in these birds.