Evidence of the role of European wild boar as a reservoir of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Naranjo, Victoria ^a   Gortazar, Christian ^a   Vicente, Joaquín ^a   de la Fuente, José ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; European wild boar; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; Reservoir host; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPE; HOST; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; RESERVOIR HOST; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SPAIN; SWINE; TUBERCULOSIS; WILD BOAR; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EUROPE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SUS SCROFA; SWINE DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; SUS SCROFA; UNGULATA;

EID: 37249075488     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.10.002     Document Type: Review

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