Is that salamander virus flying?
By Susan Milius
From Washington, D.C., at the 166th annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Investigators say that they have dismissed fish and frogs as suspects in the mysterious spread of a virus among salamander colonies in the western United States and Canada. Birds remain under suspicion, however, says Elizabeth Davidson of Arizona State University in Tempe. Her colleague Danna Schock points out that outbreaks lie along a migratory flyway, and birds might carry the virus on their feet.