Mycobacterium bovis Infection in the Eurasian Badger (Meles meles): The Disease, Pathogenesis, Epidemiology and Control

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-24

  Corner, L A L ^a   Murphy, D ^b   Gormley, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Badger; BCG; Mycobacterium bovis; Pathology; Tuberculosis; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; TUBERCULIN;

AEROSOL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BCG VACCINATION; BITE WOUND; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIOID CELL; ERADICATION THERAPY; EURASIAN BADGER; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RISK; LUNG INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; MACROPHAGE; MAMMAL; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ANIMALS; BCG VACCINE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; MELES MELES; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 78650311199     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2010.10.003     Document Type: Review

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