Overview and phylogeny of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex organisms: implications for diagnostics and legislation of bovine tuberculosis

S Rodriguez-Campos, NH Smith, MB Boniotti… - Research in veterinary …, 2014 - Elsevier
Members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) cause a serious disease with
similar pathology, tuberculosis; in this review, bovine tuberculosis will be considered as …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Members Adapted to Wild and Domestic Animals

KM Malone, SV Gordon - … in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex: Its …, 2017 - Springer
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) is composed of several highly genetically
related species that can be broadly classified into those that are human-host adapted and …

Mycobacterium: General Characteristics, Laboratory Detection, and Staining Procedures

GE Pfyffer - Manual of clinical microbiology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Many species within the genus Mycobacterium are prominent pathogens, above all
members of the M. tuberculosis complex, M. leprae, and M. ulcerans. In addition, there are …

Recent changes in infectious diseases in European wildlife

L Yon, JP Duff, EO Ågren, K Erdélyi… - Journal of wildlife …, 2019 - meridian.allenpress.com
Many infectious diseases originating from, or carried by, wildlife affect wildlife conservation
and biodiversity, livestock health, or human health. We provide an update on changes in the …

[HTML][HTML] A One Health approach revealed the long-term role of Mycobacterium caprae as the hidden cause of human tuberculosis in a region of Spain, 2003 to 2022

M Martínez-Lirola, M Herranz, SB Serrano… - …, 2023 - eurosurveillance.org
Introduction Mycobacterium caprae is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
(MTBC) not routinely identified to species level. It lacks specific clinical features of …

An African origin for Mycobacterium bovis

C Loiseau, F Menardo, A Aseffa, E Hailu… - … medicine, and public …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background and objectives Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium caprae are two of the
most important agents of tuberculosis in livestock and the most important causes of zoonotic …

Naming spoligotype patterns for the RD9-deleted lineage of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; www. Mbovis. org

NH Smith, P Upton - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2012 - Elsevier
This www. Mbovis. org website and associated databases were initiated in response to the
need of the Mycobacterium bovis molecular typing community for standardisation of …

[PDF][PDF] Evidence of goats acting as domestic reservoirs of bovine tuberculosis

S Napp, A Allepuz, I Mercader, M Nofrarías… - Vet Rec, 2013 - researchgate.net
Measures, such as the increase in the frequency of controls, the use of the gamma-interferon
assay as ancillary test, the improvement of slaughterhouse surveillance, or the …

[HTML][HTML] A new nomenclature for the livestock-associated Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex based on phylogenomics

M Zwyer, C Çavusoglu, G Ghielmetti… - Open Research …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The bacteria that compose the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC)
cause tuberculosis (TB) in humans and in different animals, including livestock. Much …

Mycobacterium bovis: From Genotyping to Genome Sequencing

AMS Guimaraes, CK Zimpel - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mycobacterium bovis is the main pathogen of bovine, zoonotic, and wildlife tuberculosis.
Despite the existence of programs for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) control in many regions, the …