Bird flu reaches Antarctica for first time

exist Finally it’s not Monday anymore We went to a unique part of the world. The coldest, driest, and windiest place on Earth. The only country in the world without indigenous inhabitants.Our first morning coffee today is at Antarctica, on the most inhospitable continent on earth…more than 13,000 kilometers from Spain.over there Remote Deception Island is home to 17,000 pairs of penguins

There is also the Spanish Gabriel de Castilla Base, one of the camps in Spain where research projects are conducted.

Last January, Two Spanish virologists, Antonio Alcamy and Angela Vazquezthey landed on the white continent Studying bird flu in penguins.Shortly after collecting the sample, they were able to analyze it for the first time, thanks to the assembly of a Antarctica Diagnostic Laboratory. Few countries can achieve this goal.

Now these Spanish researchers Thanks to this lab, we have confirmed the presence of avian influenza in Antarctica for the first time.This discovery occurred after A group of Argentinian scientists will discovernear the Primavera base in Antarctica, Two dead seabirds and transferred to Spanish base for analysis.In “Finally It’s Not Monday” we talk Angela Vazquez, Postdoctoral Researcher, Severo Ochoa Center for Molecular Biology, Madrid.