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The European wild boar (WB) (Sus scrofa) population has rapidly expanded over the years, raising public health concerns over the species reservoir of several pathogens, including Mycobacterium microti (Mm), a Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex member. In
Claudio Pigoli +11 more
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Quantifying the Economic Impact of Bovine Tuberculosis on Livestock Farms in South-Western Spain
Pasture-based livestock farming generates income in regions with limited resources and is key to biodiversity conservation. However, costs derived from fighting disease can make the difference between profit and loss, eventually compromising farm ...
Rosario Pérez-Morote +3 more
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Diagnosis of tuberculosis in wildlife: a systematic review
Animal tuberculosis (TB) is a multi-host disease caused by members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC). Due to its impact on economy, sanitary standards of milk and meat industry, public health and conservation, TB control is an actively ...
Jobin Thomas +3 more
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Introduction: Animal tuberculosis is an infectious, chronic, granulomatous, and debilitating disease affecting animals as well as humans. However, in recent decades, there have been many endemic geographic localities where animal tuberculosis has been ...
Komal Akhtar +13 more
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La tuberculose, du bœuf à l’homme ou plutôt de l’homme au bœuf ?
Human tuberculosis was long considered an infection that emerged in the Neolithic period due to the domestication of reservoir animal species, including the auroch. The human bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis is thought to have emerged from a microbial
Olivier Dutour
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Acute and persistent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections depend on the thiol peroxidase TpX. [PDF]
The macrophage is the natural niche of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. In order to combat oxidative and nitrosative stresses and persist in macrophages successfully, M. tuberculosis is endowed with a very efficient antioxidant complex.
Hu, Y +4 more
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Evidence for genetic variance in resistance to tuberculosis in Great Britain and Irish Holstein-Friesian populations [PDF]
peer-reviewedBackground: Here, we jointly summarise scientific evidence for genetic variation in resistance to infection with Mycobacterium bovis, the primary agent of bovine tuberculosis (TB), provided by two recent and separate studies of Holstein ...
Downs, S. H. +61 more
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IS6110 is an insertion sequence found in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, to which Mycobacterium bovis belongs, which can play a role in genome plasticity and in bacterial evolution. In this study, the abundance and location of IS6110 on M.
Ciriac Charles +5 more
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Mycobacterium bovis in human population in four Central European countries during 1990-1999
A survey on Mycobacterium bovis and M. tuberculosis in humans has been performed in four Central European countries (Croatia, the Czech Republic, Slovak Republic and Slovenia) during the years 1990 to 1999.
I. Pavlik +5 more
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Tuberculosis diagnosis using immunodominant, secreted antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis [PDF]
Summary Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health concern in most low-income countries. Hence, rapid and sensitive TB diagnostics play an important role in detecting and preventing the disease. In addition to established diagnostic methods, several
Aliya, Bekmurzayeva +3 more
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