A microbial safari: finding evidence of Mycobacterium bovis DNA in soil from the Kruger National Park, South Africa [PDF]
Microbiology SpectrumThe primary pathogen causing animal tuberculosis (TB), Mycobacterium bovis, can infect a wide range of mammals, including humans. This pathogen is considered endemic in the Kruger National Park (KNP), South Africa, where it threatens the health and ...
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Case Report: Use of extracorporeal support to treat a fulminant Mycobacterium bovis infection and complex broncho-oesophageal fistula in a child [PDF]
Frontiers in PediatricsTuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis remains a significant public health issue. Human TB caused by Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) is rare accounting for less than 1% of TB cases in UK annually.
Hussein Hussein +9 more
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Mycobacterium bovis in Panama, 2013
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015 Panama remains free of zoonotic tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis. However, DNA fingerprinting of 7 M. bovis isolates from a 2013 bovine tuberculosis outbreak indicated minimal homology with strains previously circulating in Panama. M.
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Laboratory Diagnosis of Animal Tuberculosis in Tracing Interspecies Transmission of Mycobacterium bovis [PDF]
PathogensMycobacterium is one of the most dangerous pathogens of both animals and humans. Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) is a disease caused by mycobacteria belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), which spreads mainly among domestic cattle but also
Ewelina Szacawa +6 more
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Mycobacterium bovis BCG osteoarticular infection complicating immune therapy for bladder cancer: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Bone and Joint Infection, 2021 Osteoarticular infection with Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) is a rare complication of bladder cancer treatment with intravesical Bacillus Calmette–Guèrin (BCG).
R. Stern, C. Roscoe, E. A. Misch
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An inter-laboratory validation of a real time PCR assay to measure host excretion of bacterial pathogens, particularly of mycobacterium bovis [PDF]
, 2011 Advances in the diagnosis of Mycobacterium bovis infection in wildlife hosts may benefit the development of sustainable approaches to the management of bovine tuberculosis in cattle.
Travis, Emma Rachel +16 more
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Foods, 2021 The aim of the present study is to provide information about the ability of Mycobacterium bovis to survive within wild boar (Sus scrofae) meat and meat-based preparations and the duration of this survival, and to consider the preservation of its ...
Maria T. Clausi +5 more
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The TbD1 Locus Mediates a Hypoxia-Induced Copper Response in Mycobacterium bovis
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) contains the causative agents of tuberculosis (TB) in mammals. The archetypal members of the MTBC, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis, cause human tuberculosis and bovine tuberculosis ...
Ruoyao Ma +10 more
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A point mutation in cycA partially contributes to the D-cycloserine resistance trait of Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine strains. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 In mycobacteria, CycA a D-serine, L- and D-alanine, and glycine transporter also functions in the uptake of D-cycloserine, an important second-line anti-tubercular drug. A single nucleotide polymorphism identified in the cycA gene of BCG was hypothesized
Jeffrey M Chen +3 more
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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2021 Introduction: Zoonotic tuberculosis is a disease of public health importance worldwide, especially in developing countries. The present study aimed to investigate the role played by Mycobacterium bovis and other mycobacteria as etiologic agents of ...
Silvia Cristina da Silva Pedroso +6 more
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