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Environmental sampling finds more poultry viruses than bird swabs in live markets
- March 5, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have found that viruses circulating in live poultry markets can be detected more effectively by sampling the surrounding environment than by testing individual birds. The study, published in Nature Communications, shows that environmental sampling can uncover a broader range of poultry viruses—including highly pathogenic avian influenza strains that traditional surveillance may miss.
Originally published at Phys.org