Mycobacterial coinfection and persisting bovine tuberculosis—Has the time arrived for a policy review?

Objective/Background: Bovine tuberculosis (BTb) is mainly a disease of cattle, although it continues to infect human populations across the world. Operation of a test and slaughter plan in Iran since 1981 has lowered the frequency of BTb from >5% to <0.14% at the national scale. In 2015, unusu...

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Main Authors: Nader Mosavari, Morad Moradi Geravand, Keyvan Tadayon, Rohollah Keshavarz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
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Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2016;volume=5;issue=5;spage=82;epage=83;aulast=Mosavari