Experimental infection of badgers (Meles meles) withMycobacterium bovis
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Social group size affects Mycobacterium bovis infection in European badgers (Meles meles).
1. In most social animals, the prevalence of directly transmitted pathogens increases in larger groups and at higher population densities. Such patterns are predicted by models of Mycobacterium bovis infection in European badgers (Meles meles). 2. We investigated the relationship between badger abundance and M. bovis prevalence, using data on 2696 adult badgers in 10 populations sampled at the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Epidemiology and Infection
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0950-2688,1469-4409
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268800061859