Tuberculosis epidemiology in islands: insularity, hosts and trade.

Because of their relative simplicity and the barriers to gene flow, islands are ideal systems to study the distribution of biodiversity. However, the knowledge that can be extracted from this peculiar ecosystem regarding epidemiology of economically relevant diseases has not been widely addressed. W...

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Main Authors: Pelayo Acevedo, Beatriz Romero, Joaquin Vicente, Santo Caracappa, Paola Galluzzo, Sandra Marineo, Domenico Vicari, Alessandra Torina, Carmen Casal, Jose de la Fuente, Christian Gortazar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3726611?pdf=render