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SUBMITTER: Schurch AC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4139337 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schürch Anita C AC Schipper Debby D Bijl Maarten A MA Dau Jim J Beckmen Kimberlee B KB Schapendonk Claudia M E CM Raj V Stalin VS Osterhaus Albert D M E AD Haagmans Bart L BL Tryland Morten M Smits Saskia L SL
PloS one 20140820 8
Pathogen surveillance in animals does not provide a sufficient level of vigilance because it is generally confined to surveillance of pathogens with known economic impact in domestic animals and practically nonexistent in wildlife species. As most (re-)emerging viral infections originate from animal sources, it is important to obtain insight into viral pathogens present in the wildlife reservoir from a public health perspective. When monitoring living, free-ranging wildlife for viruses, sample c ...[more]