Trait-Based Vaccination of Individual Meerkats (<i>Suricata suricatta</i>) against Tuberculosis Provides Evidence to Support Targeted Disease Control

Individuals vary in their potential to acquire and transmit infections, but this fact is currently underexploited in disease control strategies. We trialled a trait-based vaccination strategy to reduce tuberculosis in free-living meerkats by targeting high-contact meerkats (socially dominant individ...

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Main Authors: Stuart J. Patterson, Tim H. Clutton-Brock, Dirk U. Pfeiffer, Julian A. Drewe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-01-01
Series:Animals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/2/192