Assessing the impact of feline immunodeficiency virus and bovine tuberculosis co-infection in African lions

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1745, 2012, Pages 4206-4214

  Maas, M ^a   Keet, D F ^b,c   Rutten, V P M G ^a,b   Heesterbeek, J A P ^a   Nielen, M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Co infection; Feline immunodeficiency virus; Lion; Mycobacterium bovis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FELID; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS;

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA;

BOVINAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84866088876     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1503     Document Type: Article

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