Importance and mitigation of the risk of spillback transmission of Mycobacterium bovis infection for eradication of bovine tuberculosis from wildlife in New Zealand

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1394-1406

  Barron, M C ^a   Nugent, G ^a   Cross, M L ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deer; Mycobacterium bovis; Population control; Possum; Spillback infection; Trichosurus vulpecula; Tuberculosis; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; BRUSHTAIL POSSUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MARSUPIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RED DEER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEX RATIO; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEER; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK; TRICHOSURUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84878843932     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812002683     Document Type: Article

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