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New Tuberculosis Study Results from United States Department of Agriculture Described

Published in Vaccine Weekly, April 27th, 2011

2011 APR 27 -- Scientists discuss in 'Persistence of Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guerin in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) after oral or parenteral vaccination' new findings in Tuberculosis. "Mycobacterium bovis is the cause of tuberculosis in cattle and a serious zoonotic pathogen, most commonly contracted through consumption of unpasteurized dairy products. To control this zoonosis, many countries have developed bovine tuberculosis eradication programmes," scientists in Ames, United States report.

"Although relatively successful, efforts are hindered in many regions by spillover from wildlife reservoirs of M. bovis to...

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