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Volume 21, Number 3—March 2015
Dispatch

Spillover of Mycobacterium bovis from Wildlife to Livestock, South 
Africa

Jolly MusokeComments to Author , Tiny Hlokwe, Tanguy Marcotty, Ben J.A. du Plessis, and Anita L. Michel
Author affiliations: University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa (J. Musoke, T. Hlokwe, T. Marcotty, A.L. Michel); Agricultural Research Council–Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort (T. Hlokwe); Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium (T. Marcotty); Animal Health Services, Ehlanzeni South, South Africa (B.J.A. du Plessis)

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Figure 1

Location of study area (A, red dot) and location of dip tanks (B) in study of bovine tuberculosis transmission, Greater Kruger National Park Complex, South Africa, August 2012–February 2013. Parentheses used below indicate the shortest distance between individual dip tanks and the game fence, as follows: dip tank A (3.1 km), B (3 km), C (4.2 km), D (7.3 km), E (2.3 km), F (1 km), G (6.1 km), H (5.8 km), I (0.5 km), J (6 km), K (1.2 km), L (1 km), M (4.3 km), N (2 km), O (6.4 km). Blue dots indic

Figure 1. Location of study area (A, red dot) and location of dip tanks (B) in study of bovine tuberculosis transmission, Greater Kruger National Park Complex, South Africa, August 2012–February 2013. Parentheses used below indicate the shortest distance between individual dip tanks and the game fence, as follows: dip tank A (3.1 km), B (3 km), C (4.2 km), D (7.3 km), E (2.3 km), F (1 km), G (6.1 km), H (5.8 km), I (0.5 km), J (6 km), K (1.2 km), L (1 km), M (4.3 km), N (2 km), O (6.4 km). Blue dots indicate dip tanks sampled; red circles indicate dip tanks at which bovine tuberculosis–positive cattle were detected. Gray boxes indicate observed cattle grazing range for dip tanks at which bovine tuberculosis was detected.

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