ArticleVeterinary medicine international2011
Mycobacteria in terrestrial small mammals on cattle farms in Tanzania.
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- Domestic animals infected with Mycobacterium ulcerans-Implications for transmission to humans.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Tuberculosis Infection: Occurrence and Risk Factors in Presumptive Tuberculosis Patients of the Serengeti Ecosystem in Tanzania.The East African health research journal · 2017Article
- Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria in South African Wildlife: Neglected Pathogens and Potential Impediments for Bovine Tuberculosis Diagnosis.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2017Article
- Mapping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Genetic Diversity Profiles in Tanzania and Other African Countries.PloS one · 2016Article
- Zoonoses: a potential obstacle to the growing wildlife industry of Namibia.Infection ecology & epidemiology · 2012Article
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Abstract
The control of bovine tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterioses in cattle in developing countries is important but difficult because of the existence of wildlife reservoirs. In cattle farms in Tanzania, mycobacteria were detected in 7.3% of 645 small mammals and in cow's milk. The cattle farms were divided into "reacting" and "nonreacting" farms, based on tuberculin tests, and more mycobacteria were present in insectivores collected in reacting farms as compared to nonreacting farms. More mycobacteria were also present in insectivores as compared to rodents. All mycobacteria detected by culture and PCR in the small mammals were atypical mycobacteria. Analysis of the presence of mycobacteria in relation to the reactor status of the cattle farms does not exclude transmission between small mammals and cattle but indicates that transmission to cattle from another source of infection is more likely. However, because of the high prevalence of mycobacteria in some small mammal species, these infected animals can pose a risk to humans, especially in areas with a high HIV-prevalence as is the case in Tanzania.
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