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Bird Flu
New bird flu study findings recently were reported by A.J. Pereda and co-researchers
November 4th, 2008
"Avian influenza (AI) viruses have been sporadically isolated ill South America. The most recent reports are from an outbreak it) commercial poultry in Chile in 2002 and its Putative ancestor from a wild bird in Bolivia in 2001," researchers in Castelar, Argentina report. "Extensive Surveillance in wild birds was carried Out in Argentina during 2006-2007. Using RRT-PCR, 12 AI positive detections were made from cloacal swabs. One of those positive samples yielded ail AI Virus isolated from a wild kelp gull (Larus dominicanus) Captured in the South Atlantic coastline of Argentina. Further characterization by nucleotide sequencing reveals that it belongs to the H13N9...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-11-04)
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