The geography of registration in animals listed in the source is compared; the AFP map includes notifications in the WWH. The coverage of sources varies; the indicator does not reflect the proportion of animals affected or the demand for kits; the lack of comparable data does not mean that the disease is rare.
A kit of reagents to detect the DNA ornithosis agent (Chlamydophila pittaci) in biological material (birds are examined with mucus swabs, conjunctives, cloakes, tissue and organs fragments, mites; mammals are investigated with flushes/smears from...