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Red deer as maintenance host for bovine tuberculosis, Alpine region.

Journal:
Emerging infectious diseases
Year:
2015
Authors:
Fink, Maria et al.

Abstract

To estimate the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in the Alpine region, we studied the epidemiology of Mycobacterium caprae in wildlife during the 2009-2012 hunting seasons. Free-ranging red deer (Cervus elaphus) were a maintenance host in a hot-spot area, mainly located in Austria.

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Original publication: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25695273/