Borne on the Wing: Avian Influenza Risk in U.S. Wild Songbirds Mapped
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 - 13:07
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered that 22 species of passerines--songbirds and perching birds--in the contiguous U.S. are carriers of low-pathogenicity avian influenza. Pathogenicity is the ability of a germ to produce an infectious disease in an organism.