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Article: Salmonella in birds migrating through Sweden. (Letters).
- Article from:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- June 1, 2003
- Author:
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To the Editor: To determine how common Salmonella infection is in the migrating wild bird population, we considered the biology of the bacterium and that of its avian hosts. Previous studies have attempted to determine in which stages wild birds become infected, how infections are acquired, and how this information should be translated into epidemiologic risk assessments for human and animal health. For instance, most published studies originate from small epizootics and are of either dead birds at feeding stations (1) or infected birds in or around barns where the livestock has Salmonella infection (2). This bias has important consequences, as the natural prevalence of ...