Patterns of direct and indirect contact between cattle and badgers naturally infected with tuberculosis

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1467-1475

  Drewe, J A ^a   O'Connor, H M ^a,b   Weber, N ^c   McDonald, R A ^c   Delahay, R J ^d  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease control; Livestock; Mycobacterium bovis; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BADGER; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CONTACT TRACING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 84878853947     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813000691     Document Type: Article

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