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Avian Influenza Surveillance with FTA Cards: Field Methods, Biosafety, and Transportation Issues Solved
Published on: August 2, 2011
Avian tuberculosis identified as the potential disease in an outbreak in wild migratory birds in China
Chunge Zhang1,2, Liang Wang1, Cheng Zhang1,3
1CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogen Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Core-facility for Biosafety and Laboratory Animal, Center for Influenza Research and Early-warning (CASCIRE), CAS-TWAS Center of Excellence for Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEEID) Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
Abstract:
This study identifies avian tuberculosis as a potential cause of mass mortality in wild migratory birds in Inner Mongolia, China. Combining meta-transcriptomic sequencing and histopathological analysis, it reveals one of the rare instances of tuberculosis-associated outbreaks in avian populations. These findings underscore the importance of surveillance on wildlife diseases to mitigate the risk of interspecies transmission of the disease associated pathogens and their broader implications for biodiversity and public health.
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