The role of wildlife (wild birds) in the global transmission of antimicrobial resistance genes

Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent global health challenge in human and veterinary medicine. Wild animals are not directly exposed to clinically relevant antibiotics; however, antibacterial resistance in wild animals has been increasingly reported worldwide in parallel to the situation in human a...

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Main Authors: Jing Wang, Zhen-Bao Ma, Zhen-Ling Zeng, Xue-Wen Yang, Ying Huang, Jian-Hua Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Science Press, PR China 2017-03-01
Series:Zoological Research
Subjects:
IMP
NDM
Online Access:http://www.zoores.ac.cn/EN/abstract/abstract3792.shtml