Bovine tuberculosis at the human-livestock-wildlife interface: is it a public health problem in Tanzania? A review.

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Published in Onderstepoort J Vet Res on June 20, 2012

Authors

Bugwesa Z Katale1, Erasto V Mbugi, Sharon Kendal, Robert D Fyumagwa, Gibson S Kibiki, Peter Godfrey-Faussett, Julius D Keyyu, Paul Van Helden, Mecky I Matee

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences. bugwesa2002@yahoo.co.uk.

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