Genomic epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis infection in sympatric badger and cattle populations in Northern Ireland

Akhmetova, Assel; Guerrero, Jimena; McAdam, Paul; C. M. Salvador, Liliana; Crispell, Joseph; Lavery, John; Presho, Eleanor; R. Kao, Rowland; Biek, Roman; Menzies, Fraser; Trimble, Nigel; Harwood, Roland; Theo Pepler, P.; Oravcova, Katarina; Graham, Jordon; Skuce, Robin; du Plessis, Louis; Thompson, Suzan; Wright, Lorraine; W. Byrne, Andrew; R. Allen, Adrian

doi:10.1099/mgen.0.001023

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Genomic epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis infection in sympatric badger and cattle populations in Northern Ireland

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Authors:

Assel Akhmetova

Jimena Guerrero

Paul McAdam

Abstract

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a costly, epidemiologically complex, multi-host, endemic disease. Lack of understanding of transmission dynamics may undermine eradication efforts. Pathogen whole-genome sequencing improves epidemiological inferences, providing a means to determine the relative importanc...

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