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Tuberculosis in Wild Pigs from Argentina.

Soledad Barandiaran, María Jimena Marfil, Luciano Francisco La Sala, Agostina Tammone, Walter Ezequiel Condori, Marina Winter, Sergio Abate, Ana Carolina Rosas, Loredana Ponce, Bruno Carpinetti and 3 more

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Article in EcoHealth, 2024. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Congenital Tuberculosis in a Stillborn Calf.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  2. Nationwide seroprevalence ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Soledad BarandiaranInstituto de Investigaciones en Producción Animal (INPA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Av. Chorroarín 280, 1427, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
María Jimena MarfilInstituto de Investigaciones en Producción Animal (INPA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Av. Chorroarín 280, 1427, Buenos Aires, Argentina. jmarfil@fvet.uba.ar.ORCID 0000-0001-8134-7978
Luciano Francisco La SalaInstituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur, CONICET/UNS, Bahía Blanca, Argentina.
Agostina TammoneCentro de Investigación Veterinaria Tandil (CIVETAN) (UNCPBA-CICPBA-CONICET), Tandil, Argentina.
Walter Ezequiel CondoriCentro de Investigación Veterinaria Tandil (CIVETAN) (UNCPBA-CICPBA-CONICET), Tandil, Argentina.
Marina WinterSede Viedma del Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Río Negro, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Viedma, Argentina.
Sergio AbateSede Viedma del Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Río Negro, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Viedma, Argentina.
Ana Carolina RosasPrograma Restauración de ambientes y especies amenazadas, Fundación Rewilding Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Loredana PonceInstituto de Investigaciones en Producción Animal (INPA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Av. Chorroarín 280, 1427, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Bruno CarpinettiGestión Ambiental/Ecología, Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Administración, Universidad Nacional Arturo Jauretche, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
María Soledad SerenaLaboratorio de Virología, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.
Laura Camila Lozano CalderónInstituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular IABIMO, UEDD INTA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Martín José ZumárragaInstituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular IABIMO, UEDD INTA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Funding

Fondo para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (PICT) 2018-03784Fondo para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (PICT) 2018-599Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria PD-E5 I103Secretaría de Ciencia y Técnica, Universidad de Buenos Aires 200 201902 00309 BA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mycobacterium bovis, a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) and non-tuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM), may infect wild and domestic mammals, including humans. Although cattle are the main hosts and spreaders of M. bovis, many wildlife hosts play an important role worldwide. In Argentina, wild boar and domestic pigs are considered important links in mammalian tuberculosis (mTB) transmission. The aim of this work was to investigate the presence of M. bovis in wild pigs from different regions of Argentina, to characterize isolates of M. bovis obtained, and to compare those with other previously found in vertebrate hosts. A total of 311 samples from wild pigs were obtained, and bacteriological culture, molecular identification and genotyping were performed, obtaining 63 isolates (34 MTC and 29 NTM). Twelve M. bovis spoligotypes were detected. Our findings suggest that wild pigs have a prominent role as reservoirs of mTB in Argentina, based on an estimated prevalence of 11.2 ± 1.8% (95% CI 8.0-14.8) for MTC and the frequency distribution of spoligotypes shared by cattle (75%), domestic pigs (58%) and wildlife (50%). Argentina has a typical scenario where cattle and pigs are farm-raised extensively, sharing the environment with wildlife, creating conditions for effective transmission of mTB in the wildlife-livestock-human interface.

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Animals, WildMycobacterium bovisSwine DiseasesTuberculosisAnimalsArgentinaDisease ReservoirsGenotypePrevalenceSus scrofaSwineBovine tuberculosisConservationReservoirTransmissionWild pigs

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