We gratefully acknowledge funding of the Australis Expedition by the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO). The participation of B.A. and A.A. and the diagnostic work onboard the Australis vessel were funded by Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) (Grant 202320E224) and CSIC PTI Salud Global (Next Generation EU). L.B., A.G. and M.I. have received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation program under grant agreement no. 101084171 (KAPPA-FLU). We thank M. Beer (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut) and T. Kuiken (Erasmus University Medical Center) for reviewing the sampling strategy and biosafety protocols. We thank M. Agüero and M. J. Ruano (Laboratorio Central de Veterinaria), and A. Moraga, A. Vázquez, R. González-Serrano and the Biocomputational Analysis Service (Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa) for optimization of RT-qPCR protocols and sequencing, and computational analysis.
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