High Shedding Potential and Significant Individual Heterogeneity in Naturally-Infected Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) With Brucella melitensis

Wildlife reservoirs of infectious diseases raise major management issues. In Europe, brucellosis has been eradicated in domestic ruminants from most countries and wild ruminants have not been considered important reservoirs so far. However, a high prevalence of Brucella melitensis infection has been...

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Main Authors: Sébastien Lambert, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Pauline Freycon, Anne Thébault, Yvette Game, Carole Toïgo, Elodie Petit, Marie-Noëlle Barthe, Gaël Reynaud, Maryne Jaÿ, Bruno Garin-Bastuji, Claire Ponsart, Jean Hars, Sophie Rossi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01065/full