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Tuberculosis (TB) in cattle and wildlife reservoirs impacts public health, livestock production and conservation, worldwide. Boadella et al. report on TB monitoring using a new diagnostic tool in wild boar (Sus scrofa) that has implications for several scientific fields and stakeholders. Their results provide evidence of a new geographic range of TB and a stable prevalence in this reservoir, which contrasts with the success of bovine TB control in cattle. The authors provide insight into the apparent range expansion of wild boar TB, and analyze the factors driving its epidemiology. Wild boar TB emergence in non-endemic regions urgently needs to be taken into account to avoid a future scenario resembling the current situation in south-central Spain. …