Emerging Tuberculosis Pathogen Hijacks Social Communication Behavior in the Group-Living Banded Mongoose (Mungos mungo)
An emerging Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) pathogen, M. mungi, infects wild banded mongooses (Mungos mungo) in Northern Botswana, causing significant mortality. This MTC pathogen did not appear to be transmitted through a primary aerosol or oral route. We utilized histopathology, spoligoty...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2016-05-01
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Series: | mBio |
Online Access: | http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/3/e00281-16 |