Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium microti) in wild field vole populations

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 309-317

  Burthe, S ^a   Bennett, M ^a   Kipar, A ^a   Lambin, X ^b   Smith, A ^a   Telfer, S ^a   Begon, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endemic pathogen; Longitudinal; Microtus agrestis; Survival; TB; Wildlife disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARVICOLINAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SEASONS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI; RODENTIA;

EID: 39749168949     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182007003940     Document Type: Article

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