Genomic epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis infection in sympatric badger and cattle populations in Northern Ireland.
A. Akhmetova, J. Guerrero, P. McAdam, L. C. M. Salvador, J. Crispell, J. Lavery, E. Presho, R. R. Kao, R. Biek, F. Menzies, N. Trimble, R. Harwood, T. Pepler, K. Oravcova, J. Graham, , A. R. Allen
This study sequenced M. bovis isolates from badgers and cattle in Northern Ireland to analyze genomic epidemiology, finding an endemic lineage with low diversity and evidence of interspecies transmission.
bioRxiv · Mar 12, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology