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Highly infectious form of bird flu confirmed for first time in Antarctic seals | Science & Tech News
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A highly infectious form of bird flu has been confirmed for the first time in Antarctic seals, threatening one of the most fragile ecosystems on the planet. Scientists working for the UK’s Animal Plant Health Agency (APHA) detected the variant of the H5N1 virus in samples taken from dead elephant and fur seals on the…
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4,000 year-old plague DNA found in Britain may boost study of infectious diseases | UK News
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Plague DNA has been found dating back 4,000 years, making it the oldest evidence of the disease in Britain. The discovery by researchers could help to understand which genes are “important in the spread of infectious diseases”, one of them said. Scientists from the Francis Crick Institute (FCI) have identified three cases of Yersinia pestis…