Is Mycobacterium bovis in the environment important for the persistence of bovine tuberculosis?

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 460-462

  Courtenay, O ^a   Reilly, L A ^a   Sweeney, F P ^a   Hibberd, V ^a   Bryan, S ^a   Ul Hassan, A ^a   Newman, C ^b   Macdonald, D W ^b   Delahay, R J ^c   Wilson, G J ^c   Wellington, E M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Badger; Bovine tuberculosis; Environment; Meles meles; Mycobacterium bovis; Survival

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BOS TAURUS; MELES MELES; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 33748633844     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0468     Document Type: Article

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