Alexander et al., 2002 |
Pathogen identification |
1998/1999 |
N = 20 |
Immigration of TB afflicted individual followed by development of signs
and death/ disappearance of all group members |
Drewe, Foote et al., 2009 |
TB pathology |
2005 - 2007 |
N = 57 |
Detailed pathology of 52 individuals euthanized for TB, lesions in
multiple organ systems |
Drewe, Dean et al., 2009b |
TB detection assay validation |
2005 - 2007 |
N = 240 |
Combining multiple diagnostic tools increases TB detection
reliability |
Drewe 2010 |
TB transmission study |
2006/2007 |
N = 110 |
TB
transmission is impacted by social network parameters. Giving grooming
and receiving aggression main risk factors |
Drewe et al., 2011 |
TB transmission study |
2006/2007 |
N = 134 |
TB
transmission impacted by social network parameters. Exposure driven
mainly by grooming interactions |
Parsons et al., 2013 |
Molecular description of TB |
Not reported |
N =
4 |
Identification and description of M. suricattae, closely
related to M. mungi and dassie bacillus |
Clarke et al., 2016 |
TB detection assay validation |
2014/2015 |
N=108 |
IP-10 release assay as viable method of TB detection in
meerkats |
Patterson et al., 2017 |
TB transmission study |
2001 - 2015 |
N = 2388 |
TB infection risk increased by older age, group history of TB, prior
immigration into social group |
Patterson et al., 2021 |
TB detection assay validation |
2014 - 2016 |
N
= 268 |
TB infections double mortality risk; combining multiple
diagnostic tools increases TB detection reliability |
Patterson et al., 2022 |
Intervention study |
2014 - 2016 |
N = 135 |
Vaccinations of high contact individuals or highly susceptible
individuals reduces TB infection rates |
Duncan et al., 2021 |
TB effect on demography |
1993 - 2019 |
N = 98
groups |
TB linked to group failure, prior immigration into social group
increases TB risk |
Paniw et al., 2022 |
TB effect on demography |
1997 - 2018 |
N = 2691 |
Impact of adverse climate exacerbated by TB, prior immigration into
social group increases TB risk |
Donadio et al., 2022 |
TB detection assay validation |
1998 - 2018 |
N =
66 |
Detection of M. suricattae from faeces viable, marked
variation in disease progression |
Present study |
Quantification of TB |
1993 - 2020 |
N = 3420 |
High
levels of TB exposure, marked variation in TB progression |