Horizon 1 1 17 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES Polar Biology 663-665 Avian influenza virus Surveillance King penguin Real-time polymerase chain reaction 2009 fdi:010044355 ENG Polar Biology 0722-4060 ISI:000264328700015 4 10.1007/s00300-009-0587-4 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010044355 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2009/04/010044355.pdf 32 Horizon (IRD) An investigation of the presence of influenza A virus has been conducted in king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at the Possession Island in the Crozet Archipelago, Antarctica, using a rapid molecular diagnostic method based on real-time polymerase chain reaction. No evidence of outbreak or positive viral infection of influenza A virus was found in this study. We however recommend the implementation of long-term surveillance in seabird populations of polar ecosystems to detect the potential introduction of exotic strains and potential existence of a local epidemiological cycle for avian influenza viruses. 052 ; 080 UR165