During the month of July 2007 a joint Russian and Swedish research expedition set out to investigate the presence of microbial agents of zoonotic potential in the fauna of the Commander Islands.
The geographic position of the Commander Islands is of key interest as they are isolated from the North East Asian mainland, but are in close proximity to the North American continent forming a continuation of the Aleutian chain of islands.
Principal investigator
Ingvar Eliasson
Lund University Hospital