Author institutional affiliations:
1Department of Science and Innovation-National
Research Foundation Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis
Research; South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis
Research; Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of
Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, PO Box 241, Cape
Town 8000
2Skukuza State Veterinary Office, Department of
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Skukuza 1350, South
Africa
3Bushbuckridge South State Veterinary Office,
Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental
Affairs, Mkhuhlu, 1246, South Africa
4Veterinary Wildlife Services, South African National
Parks, Kruger National Park, Private Bag X402, Skukuza, 1350, South
Africa
5Chembio Diagnostic Systems, Inc., 3661 Horseblock
Road, Medford, New York 11763, USA
#joint first authors; *corresponding author
*Corresponding author: Dr Wynand J. Goosen; DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence
for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research; South African Medical Research
Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research; Division of Molecular Biology
and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,
Stellenbosch University, PO Box 241, Cape Town 8000, South Africa; Tel:
+27 21 938 9073; Fax: +27 73 812 9141; E-mail:
wjgoosen@sun.ac.za