Fig. 1.

Distribution map of bovine tuberculosis in Africa during 1996–2011 (large grey lines indicate the African subregions as referred to in the text: West, Central, East and Southern Africa). (a) Cattle status at country level; (b) wildlife status at country level. Asterisk (*) indicates countries (i.e. Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe) where suspected and confirmed cases have been detected but not yet reported to OIE [37, 38, 50, 59, 60]. No additional information (e.g. species) was available for suspected cases reported in wildlife for Niger, Equatorial Guinea and Guinea–Bissau and confirmed cases in wildlife in Mozambique. Data compiled from World Animal Health Information databases/OIE [30, 31, 42] and [37, 38, 50, 59, 60].