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Researchers track emerging pathogens at Arctic bird gathering

Every year, birds migrate north and gather in a single location in the Arctic, and a team of University of Kentucky researchers is collaborating with Alaska Native communities to study how diseases spread and evolve at this gathering before they reach human populations.

Researchers track emerging pathogens at Arctic bird gathering
Image: Phys.org
Every year, birds migrate north and gather in a single location in the Arctic, and a team of University of Kentucky researchers is collaborating with Alaska Native communities to study how diseases spread and evolve at this gathering before they reach human populations.

Originally published at Phys.org

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