A natural gene drive system influences bovine tuberculosis susceptibility in African buffalo: Possible implications for disease management.

Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) is endemic to the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) of Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park (HiP) and Kruger National Park, South Africa. In HiP, the disease has been actively managed since 1999 through a test-and-cull procedure targeting BTB-positive buffalo. Prior studies in Kruger sho...

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Main Authors: Pim van Hooft, Wayne M Getz, Barend J Greyling, Armanda D S Bastos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221168

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