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Tracing cross species transmission of Mycobacterium bovis at the wildlife/livestock interface in South Africa.
BMC microbiology - 4 Mar 2020
Sichewo Petronillah R, Hlokwe Tiny M, Etter Eric M C, Michel Anita L
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BACKGROUND: Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) affects cattle and wildlife in South Africa with the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) as the principal maintenance host. The presence of a wildlife maintenance host at the wildlife/livestock interface acting as spill-over host makes it much more challenging to control and eradicate bTB in cattle. Spoligotyping and mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number of...
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