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COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 36, Issue 3, Pages 269-285Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2012.10.010
Keywords
Bovine tuberculosis; Mycobacterium bovis; Review; Diagnostic assays; Test validation
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- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO/ZonMw grant) [918.56.620]
- Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds on behalf of the Niemans-Schootemeijer Fonds
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Mycobacterium bovis, causing bovine tuberculosis (BTB), has been recognized as a global threat at the wildlife-livestock-human interface, a clear One Health issue. Several wildlife species have been identified as maintenance hosts. Spillover of infection from these species to livestock or other wildlife species may have economic and conservation implications and infection of humans causes public health concerns, especially in developing countries. Most BTB management strategies rely on BTB testing, which can be performed for a range of purposes, from disease surveillance to diagnosing individual infected animals. New diagnostic assays are being developed for selected wildlife species. This review investigates the most frequent objectives and associated requirements for testing wildlife for tuberculosis at the level of individual animals as well as small and large populations. By aligning those with the available (immunological) ante mortem diagnostic assays, the practical challenges and limitations wildlife managers and researchers are currently faced with are highlighted. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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