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Genetic epidemiology of the Alpine ibex reservoir of persistent and virulent brucellosis outbreak.
Scientific reports - 10 Mar 2020
Quéméré Erwan, Rossi Sophie, Petit Elodie, Marchand Pascal, Merlet Joël, Game Yvette, Galan Maxime, Gilot-Fromont Emmanuelle
Abstract excerpt
While it is now broadly accepted that inter-individual variation in the outcomes of host-pathogen interactions is at least partially genetically controlled, host immunogenetic characteristics are rarely investigated in wildlife epidemiological studies. Furthermore, most immunogenetic studies in the wild focused solely on the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) diversity despite it accounts for only a fraction...
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