Improving specific disease outcomes through a One Health approach – tuberculosis
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Improving specific disease outcomes through a One Health approach--tuberculosis.
Early discoveries in the field of tuberculosis more than a century ago indicated that the success of disease control in human populations would depend on the success of control measures in animals, and vice versa. Recognising the zoonotic importance of a cattle-derived pathogen was the beginning of the eradication of bovine tuberculosis from most of the cattle population in Europe. It was a cos...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'OIE
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0253-1933
DOI: 10.20506/rst.33.2.2310