Social networks and infectious disease transmission : epidemiology of tuberculosis in wild meerkats

I investigate the role of specific social interactions in the transmission of <i>Mycobacterium bovis</i> (bovine tuberculosis; bTB) in a free-living population of wild meerkats (<i>Suricata suricatta)</i> in the Kalahari Desert of South Africa. During a prospective cohort stu...

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Main Author: Drewe, J. A.
Published: University of Cambridge 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.598654