Spatial Analysis of Wildlife Tuberculosis Based on a Serologic Survey Using Dried Blood Spots, Portugal

Spatial Analysis of Wildlife Tuberculosis Based on a Serologic Survey Using Dried Blood Spots, Portugal

We investigated the spatial epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in wildlife in a multihost system. We surveyed bovine TB in Portugal by serologic analysis of elutes of dried blood spots obtained from hunted wild boar. We modeled spatial disease risk by using areal generalized linear mixed model...

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Main Authors: Nuno Santos, Telmo Nunes, Carlos Fonseca, Madalena Vieira-Pinto, Virgílio Almeida, Christian Gortázar, Margarida Correia-Neves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
bovine tuberculosis
Mycobacterium bovis
bacteria
wildlife tuberculosis
tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
respiratory infections
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/12/17-1357_article

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