Spillover of Mycobacterium bovis from Wildlife to Livestock, South 
Africa

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Musoke, Jolly ; Hlokwe, Tiny ; Marcotty, Tanguy ; du Plessis, Ben J.A. ; Michel, Anita L.
• Description:
  During August 2012-February 2013, bovine tuberculosis was detected in communal livestock bordering the Greater Kruger National Park Complex (GKNPC) in South Africa. Using spacer oligonucleotide and variable number tandem repeat typing, we identified the Mycobacterium bovis strain endemic in GKNPC wildlife. Our findings indicate bovine tuberculosis spillover from GKNPC wildlife to neighboring livestock.
• Subjects:
  • Dispatch
  • bovine tuberculosis
  • Mycobacterium bovis
  • wildlife tuberculosis
  • Kruger National Park
  • wildlife–livestock–human interface
  • tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
  • zoonoses
  • spillback
  • spillover
  More +
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 21(3):448-451.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  South Africa
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/28080/cdc_28080_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 465.96 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b6bcb2fb6ee8a0444e905de2888ffc3bcef72a0887f59620294a3adc0a154e3c