Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
One Health: Urban birds peck up resistant pathogens.
- Journal:
- Current biology : CB
- Year:
- 2024
- Authors:
- Derrick, Emma & Shapiro, B Jesse
- Affiliation:
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology · Canada
- Species:
- bird
Abstract
A spatial-genomic analysis reveals that bird species living closer to humans have higher diversity of the pathogen Campylobacter and its antimicrobial resistance genes. This suggests that urbanization could promote pathogen transmission among wild animals and, potentially, humans.
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