TY - JOUR AU - Fink, Maria AU - Schleicher, Corina AU - Gonano, Monika AU - Prodinger, Wolfgang AU - Pacciarini, Maria AU - Glawischnig, Walter AU - Ryser-Degiorgis, Marie-Pierre AU - Walzer, Chris AU - Stalder, Gabrielle AU - Lombardo, Dorotea AU - Schobesberger, Hermann AU - Winter, Petra AU - Büttner, Mathias T1 - Red Deer as Maintenance Host for Bovine Tuberculosis, Alpine Region T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2015 VL - 21 IS - 3 SP - 464 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - Tuberculosis and other mycobacteria KW - wildlife KW - bovine tuberculosis KW - Mycobacterium caprae KW - reservoir host KW - spillover host KW - spillback host KW - maintenance host KW - red deer KW - Alps KW - zoonoses KW - bacteria DO - 10.3201/eid2103.141119 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/3/14-1119_article ER - End of Reference