Implications and challenges of tuberculosis in wildlife ungulates in Portugal: A molecular epidemiology perspective

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 225-235

  Cunha, Mónica V ^a   Matos, Filipa ^a   Canto, Ana ^a   Albuquerque, Teresa ^a   Alberto, João R ^b   Aranha, José M ^c   Vieira Pinto, Madalena ^b   Botelho, Ana ^a  

^a Laboratorio Nacional de Investigacao Veterinaria   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Molecular epidemiology; Mycobacterium bovis; Mycobacterium caprae; Red deer; Tuberculosis; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIVESTOCK; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CAPRAE; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; RED DEER; TUBERCULOSIS; UNGULATE DISEASE; WILD BOAR; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DEER; GEOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PORTUGAL; SUS SCROFA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CAPRAE; SUS SCROFA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84856564359     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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