Mycobacterium tuberculosis: An emerging disease of free-ranging wildlife

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 598-601

  Alexander, Kathleen A ^a,b,c,d   Pleydell, Eve ^a,b,c,d   Williams, Mark C ^a,b,c,d   Lane, Emily P ^a,b,c,d   Nyange, John F C ^a,b,c,d   Michel, Anita L ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a and Land use   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d National Veterinary Laboratory   (Botswana)

^e ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BOTSWANA; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH HAZARD; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; WILDLIFE;

EID: 0036100337     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0806.010358     Document Type: Article

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