Author Correction: Temporal and spatial Mycobacterium bovis prevalence patterns as evidenced in the All Wales Badgers Found Dead (AWBFD) survey of infection 2014–2016

Abstract

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An investigation of Mycobacterium bovis and helminth coinfection in the European badger Meles meles

“…The prevalence of TB within our study population was low in absolute terms (44 of 269 badgers = 16.4%) and compared to a previous study in Ireland (43.2%) ( Corner et al, 2012a ), but relatively high compared to randomly sampled badger populations across the UK (Wales – 7.3% ( Schroeder et al, 2021 ); England – 8.3% ( Swift et al, 2021 )). These differences reflect the reactive nature of the badger trapping which provided both us and Corner et al (2012) with samples, i.e.…”

“…These differences reflect the reactive nature of the badger trapping which provided both us and Corner et al (2012) with samples, i.e. the badgers were targeted in areas which were experiencing TB outbreaks (cf High TB Area East – 18.6% ( Schroeder et al, 2021 ); highest county density – 15% ( Swift et al, 2021 )). The frequency distribution of Strongyloides spp.…”