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ArticleActa veterinaria Scandinavica2013

Quantification of Mycobacterium avium subspecies in pig tissues by real-time quantitative PCR.

Taneli Tirkkonen, Timo Nieminen, Terhi Ali-Vehmas, Olli A T Peltoniemi, Gerard J Wellenberg, Jaakko Pakarinen

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Article in Acta veterinaria Scandinavica, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Taneli TirkkonenDepartment of Production Animal Medicine, University of Helsinki, POB 66, FIN 00014, Helsinki, Finland. taneli.tirkkonen@a-tuottajat.fi
Timo Nieminen
Terhi Ali-Vehmas
Olli A T Peltoniemi
Gerard J Wellenberg
Jaakko Pakarinen
University of Helsinki · FIDe Gezondheidsdienst voor Dieren · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMycobacterioses in animals cause economical losses and certain Mycobacterium avium subspecies are regarded as potential zoonotic agents. The evaluation of the zoonotic risk caused by M. avium subspecies requires information about the quantities of Mycobacterium strains in infected animals. Because M. avium subspecies in pig tissues are difficult or even impossible to quantify by culturing, we tested the suitability of a culture-independent real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay for this purpose.

methodsMycobacterial DNA was extracted from porcine tissues by a novel method and quantified by Mycobacterium genus specific qPCR assay targeting the 16S rRNA gene.

resultsThe response of the qPCR assay to the amount of M. avium subspecies avium mixed with porcine liver was linear in the range of approximately log105 to log107 Mycobacterium cells per 1 g of liver. The assay was validated with three other M. avium subspecies strains. When the assay was applied to porcine lymph nodes with or without visible lesions related to Mycobacterium avium subspecies infections, around 104-107 mycobacterial genomes per gram of lymph nodes were detected.

conclusionsThe qPCR assay was found to be suitable for the quantification of Mycobacterium avium subspecies in porcine lymph nodes and liver.

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SwineAnimalsLiverMicroscopyMycobacterium aviumReal-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction

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PMID23518149
PMCPMC3616872
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