For a banded mongoose in northern Botswana, communicating with family can be deadly

A novel tuberculosis pathogen, Mycobacterium mungi, closely related to human TB, infects and kills banded mongooses through a surprising route — olfactory communication. Now, a detailed investigation provides a window into how this deadly disease moves between mongooses and within the mongoose host.

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