title: Red deer as maintenance host for bovine tuberculosis, Alpine region.
abstract: To estimate the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in the Alpine region, we studied the epidemiology of Mycobacterium caprae in wildlife during the 2009-2012 hunting seasons. Free-ranging red deer (Cervus elaphus) were a maintenance host in a hot-spot area, mainly located in Austria.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fink
authors.forename: Corina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schleicher
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gonano
authors.forename: Wolfgang M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Prodinger
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pacciarini
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Glawischnig
authors.forename: Marie-Pierre
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Ryser-Degiorgis
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Walzer
authors.forename: Gabrielle L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Stalder
authors.forename: Dorotea
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lombardo
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schobesberger
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Büttner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001317:Austria; D002417:Cattle; D003670:Deer / Q000382:microbiology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D005858:Germany; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D058889:Molecular Typing; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D015995:Prevalence; D013557:Switzerland; D014380:Tuberculosis, Bovine / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*