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SUBMITTER: Martinez-Guijosa J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7259669 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Martínez-Guijosa Jordi J Romero Beatriz B Infantes-Lorenzo José Antonio JA Díez Elena E Boadella Mariana M Balseiro Ana A Veiga Miguel M Navarro David D Moreno Inmaculada I Ferreres Javier J Domínguez Mercedes M Fernández Cesar C Domínguez Lucas L Gortázar Christian C
PloS one 20200529 5
Attaining and maintaining the Official Tuberculosis Free status continues to be a challenge when several domestic and wild hosts contribute to the maintenance of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC). Local tuberculosis hotspots are sometimes identified in cattle in low-prevalence regions. We have, therefore, studied one such hotspot in depth in order to produce an epidemiological diagnosis. Host population size and MTC prevalence were estimated in selected wildlife and in livestock, whil ...[more]