Review
Research progress on bacterial resistance and gene carrying resistance in migratory birds
Mengyu Wang, Xin Lu, Biao Kan, Shengen Chen, Yibing Fan
Published 2021-02-06
Cite as Chin J Prev Med, 2021, 55(2): 271-276. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20200914-01199
Abstract
Bacterial resistance is a serious problem in use of antibiotics and an urgent global public health challenge. The drug-resistant bacteria and drug-resistant genes carried by migratory birds are not only related to clinical antibiotics, but also the use of pesticides and veterinary drugs as well as the pollution of the surrounding environment of drug factories. However, studies on drug-resistant genes carried in migratory birds have been gradually reported around the world. Migratory birds have the characteristics of large range of movement and long flight distance, which leads to the complexity of bacterial resistance. Under the influence of environment and human activities, drug-resistant genes carried in bacteria are transmitted among species,human beings, domestic animals, environment and wild birds through mobile elements. This study summarizes the current situation of antibiotic resistance bacteria carried by migratory birds,the status of drug-resistant genes in migratory birds and the relationship between the resistance of migratory birds and the environment and human activities. The aim is to better understand the important role of migratory birds as hosts and vectors in the global spread of antibiotic resistance.
Key words:
Wild migratory birds; Bacterial resistance; Resistance gene; Transmissibility of drug resistance
Contributor Information
Mengyu Wang
Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, China
Xin Lu
State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinses Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
Biao Kan
State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinses Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
Shengen Chen
The Collaboration Unit for Field Epidemiology of State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Jiangxi Prouincial Key Laboratory of Animal-origin and Vector-borne Diseases, Nanchang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Communicable Disease Control Division, Nanchang 330038, China
Yibing Fan
The Collaboration Unit for Field Epidemiology of State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Jiangxi Prouincial Key Laboratory of Animal-origin and Vector-borne Diseases, Nanchang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Communicable Disease Control Division, Nanchang 330038, China
