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Bird Flu
Research from J. Wahlgren and co-authors provides new data about bird flu
February 17th, 2009
"Since prehistoric times, the Bering Strait area (Beringia) has served as all avenue of dispersal between the Old and the New Worlds. On a field expedition to this area, we collected fecal samples from dabbling ducks, geese, shorebirds, and gulls on the Chukchi Peninsula, Siberia, and Pt," scientists in Kalmar, Sweden report. "Barrow, Alaska, and characterized the sub-types of avian influenza virus present in them. Four of 202 samples (2%) from Alaska were positive for influenza A virus RNA in two independent polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based screening assays, while all shorebird samples from the Chukchi Peninsula were negative. Subtypes H3N8 and H6N1 were recorded...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-02-17)
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