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• Identification of a novel plasmid-mediated Colistin-resistance gene, mcr-2, Inescherichia coli, Belgium, June 2016

  <p>Researchers identified a novel plasmid-mediated colistin-resistance gene in porcine and bovine colistin-resistant Escherichia coli that did not contain mcr-1. The gene, termed mcr-2, a 1,617 bp phosphoethanolamine

  • 07/07/2016

  • Eurosurveillance
  • • Animal Diseases
    • Micro Organisms
    • Belgium
    • Livestock
    • Pigs

• Genetic diversity of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza viruses at a single overwintering site of migratory birds in Japan, 2014/15

  <p><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">We isolated eight highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza viruses (H5N8 HPAIVs) in the

  • 01/05/2015

  • Eurosurveillance
  • • Avian Flu
    • Influenza
    • Viral Diseases
    • Migratory Species
    • Birds
    • Animal Diseases
    • Japan