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xx, 329 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents: Introduction -- Public health significance of M. bovis -- Human tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis in Latin American and the Caribbean -- Pathogenesis of Mycobacterium bovis -- Epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis -- Diagnostic tests for bovine tuberculosis -- Molecular techniques: applications in epidemiologic studies -- Polymerase chain reaction detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in formalin fixed tissues -- Economics of bovine tuberculosis -- Tuberculosis outbreak farmed deer in Sweden and its economic consequences -- Benefit and cost assessment of the U.S. bovine tuberculosis eradication program -- Fall and rise of bovine tuberculosis in Great Britain -- Economic significance of bovine tuberculosis in Italy and effect of M. bovis infection in wild swine -- Effect of wildlife reservoirs of Mycobacterium bovis on programs for the eradication of tuberculosis in cattle in Ireland -- Control and eradication of bovine tuberculosis in central Europe -- Bovine tuberculosis in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Status of Mycobacterium bovis in India -- Bovine tuberculosis in Russia and the former states of the Soviet Union -- Mycobacterium bovis in Africa -- Current challenges to and impacts on the U.S. National Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Program: Mycobacterium bovis outbreaks in alternative species and surveillance performance -- Effect of bovine tuberculosis in wildlife on a national eradication program: Canada -- Bovine tuberculosis program in South Africa: the impact of M. bovis-infected wild species -- Bovine tuberculosis in China -- Mycobacterium bovis infections in cattle in Germany -- Tuberculosis in captive exotic animals -- Tuberculosis in fur seals and sea lions caused by Mycobacterium pinnipedii -- Tuberculosis in nonhuman primates with an emphasis on Mycobacterium bovis -- DNA vaccines against tuberculosis -- Bovine tuberculosis: environmental public health preparedness considerations for the future. |
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Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0515/2005018463.html |