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Pilot Study Establishes the Importance of Tracking Diseases Associated with Illegal Wildlife Trade at U.S. Ports
January 10, 2012
An article released today in PLoS ONE entitled, Zoonotic Viruses Associated with Illegally Imported Wildlife Products, from a collaborative study led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), identified evidence of retroviruses and herpesviruses in illegally imported wildlife products confiscated at several U.S. international airports.