African buffalo movement and zoonotic disease risk across transfrontier conservation areas, Southern Africa
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Authors
Caron, Alexandre
Cornelis, Daniel
Foggin, Chris M.
Hofmeyr, Markus
De Garine-Wichatitsky, Michel
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Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
We report on the long-distance movements of subadult
female buffalo within a Transfrontier Conservation Area in
Africa. Our observations confirm that bovine tuberculosis
and other diseases can spread between buffalo populations
across national parks, community land, and countries, thus
posing a risk to animal and human health in surrounding
wildlife areas.
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Keywords
Africa, Transfrontier conservation areas, African buffalo, Bovine tuberculosis, Brucellosis, Syncerus caffer, BTB
Sustainable Development Goals
Citation
Caron, A, Cornelis, D, Foggin, C, Hofmeyr, M & De Garine-Wichatitsky, M 2016, 'African buffalo movement and zoonotic disease risk across transfrontier conservation areas, Southern Africa', Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 277-280.