Ferrari S, Zanoni M, Mangeli A, Pigoli C, D´Incau M, Alborali GL, Pacciarini ML, Boniotti MB. Bacteriological culture and direct PCR for detecting the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in the Italian eradication campaign: a decade of experience at the National Reference Laboratory. J Appl Microbiol. 135(3):lxae064. 2024.
03/01/2024
Dwyer R, Witte C, Buss P, Warren R, Miller M, Goosen W. Antemortem detection of Mycobacterium bovis in nasal swabs from African rhinoceros. Sci Rep. 14(1):357. 2024.
Extraction & identification
26/02/2024
Sánchez-Carvajal JM, Vera-Salmoral E, Huerta B, Galán-Relaño Á, Ruedas-Torres I, Larenas-Muñoz F, Luque I, Carrasco L, Gómez-Laguna J. Droplet digital PCR as alternative to microbiological culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex detection in bovine lymph node tissue samples. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 14:1349999. 2024.
14/02/2024
Cooke DM, Clarke C, Kerr TJ, Warren RM, Witte C, Miller MA, Goosen WJ. Detection of Mycobacterium bovis in nasal swabs from communal goats (Capra hircus) in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Front Microbiol. 15:1349163. 2024.
31/01/2024
Gomez-Buendia A, Alvarez J, Bezos J, Mourelo J, Amado J, Saez JL, de Juan L, Romero B. Non-tuberculous mycobacteria: occurrence in skin test cattle reactors from official tuberculosis-free herds. Front Vet Sci. 11:1361788. 2024.
Immunology
02/03/2024
Echeverría G, Zumárraga MJ, Proaño-Pérez F, Blasco FB, de Waard JH. Assessing the impact of various tuberculin PPD brands on bovine tuberculosis diagnosis. Sci Rep. 14(1):5155. 2024.
23/02/2024
Kumar M, Kumar T, Jangir BL, Singh M, Arora D, Bangar Y, Conlan A, Vordermeier M, Bakker D, Byregowda SM, Srinivasan S, Kapur V, Jindal N. Comparative analysis of tuberculin and defined antigen skin tests for detection of bovine tuberculosis in buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) in Haryana state, India. BMC Vet Res. 20(1):65. 2024.
17/02/2024
Amato B, Ippolito D, Vitale M, Alduina R, Galluzzo P, Gerace E, Pruiti Ciarello F, Fiasconaro M, Cannella V, Di Marco Lo Presti V. Comparative Study of Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis In Vitro Infection in Bovine Bone Marrow Derived Macrophages: Preliminary Results. Microorganisms. 12(2):407. 2024.
13/02/2024
Batista CM, Veschi JL, de Souza VF, Foti L, Andri LC. Design and development of multiepitope chimeric antigens by bioinformatic and bacterial based recombinant expression methods, with potential application for bovine tuberculosis serodiagnosis. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 269:110729. 2024.
31/01/2024
Holder T, Srinivasan S, McGoldrick A, Williams GA, Palmer S, Clarke J, O´Brien A, Conlan AJK, Juleff N, Vordermeier HM, Jones GJ, Kapur V. Temporal dynamics of the early immune response following Mycobacterium bovis infection of cattle. Sci Rep. 14(1):2600. 2024.
22/01/2024
Juste RA, Fernández-Veiga L, Fuertes M, Fernández-Ortiz de Murua I, Cardona G, Geijo MV, Garrido JM, Sevilla IA. A humoral diagnostic test outperforms cellular tests in a farm with a latent tuberculosis outbreak caused by a new Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex spoligotype that affected sheep but not goats. Front Vet Sci. 10:1310205. 2024.
20/01/2024
Madden JM, O´Donovan J, Casey-Bryars M, Sweeney J, Messam LL, McAloon CG, More SJ, Kenny K, Ryan E, Gormley E. The impact of changing the cut-off threshold of the interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) assay for diagnosing bovine tuberculosis in Ireland. Prev Vet Med. 224:106129. 2024.
18/01/2024
Mai D, Jahn A, Murray T, Morikubo M, Lim PN, Cervantes MM, Pham LK, Nemeth J, Urdahl K, Diercks AH, Aderem A, Rothchild AC. Exposure to Mycobacterium remodels alveolar macrophages and the early innate response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. PLoS Pathog. 20(1):e1011871. 2024.
Molecular characterisation
03/03/2024
Goosen WJ, Moodley S, Ghielmetti G, Moosa Y, Zulu T, Smit T; Vukuzazi Team; Kleynhans L, Kerr TJ, Streicher EM, Hanekom WA, Warren RM, Wong EB, Miller MA. Identification and molecular characterization of Mycobacterium bovis DNA in GeneXpert® MTB/RIF ultra-positive, culture-negative sputum from a rural community in South Africa. One Health. 18:100702. 2024.
06/02/2024
Maqsood R, Duffy SC, Bin Rashid H, Gill SS, Jabeen C, Arshad N, Umbreen G, Behr MA, Kapur V, Chaudhry M. Molecular detection and characterization of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex subspecies responsible for bovine tuberculosis in Punjab, Pakistan. Microbiol Spectr. 12(2):e0269223. 2024.
01/02/2024
Allen A, Magee R, Devaney R, Ardis T, McNally C, McCormick C, Presho E, Doyle M, Ranasinghe P, Johnston P, Kirke R, Harwood R, Farrell D, Kenny K, Smith J, Gordon S, Ford T, Thompson S, Wright L, Jones K, Prodohl P, Skuce R. Whole-Genome sequencing in routine Mycobacterium bovis epidemiology - scoping the potential. Microb Genom. 10(2):001185. 2024.
Others
29/03/2024
Fromsa A, Willgert K, Srinivasan S, Mekonnen G, Bedada W, Gumi B, Lakew M, Tadesse B, Bayissa B, Sirak A, Girma Abdela M, Gebre S, Chibssa T, Veerasami M, Vordermeier HM, Bakker D, Berg S, Ameni G, Juleff N, de Jong MCM, Wood J, Conlan A, Kapur V. BCG vaccination reduces bovine tuberculosis transmission, improving prospects for elimination. Science. 383(6690):eadl3962. 2024.
20/03/2024
Sunstrum J, Power LE, Fligiel HM, Lauter C, Kawam R, Dado C, Weatherhead M, Denbesten K, Bott J, Cinti S, Maxwell D, Signs K, Stobierski MG, Cosgrove M, Moriarty M, Vanderklok M, Meyerson J, Thacker T, Robbe-Austerman S. Human Disease due to Mycobacterium bovis Linked to Free-Ranging Deer in Michigan. Clin Infect Dis. 78(3):637-645. 2024.
08/03/2024
Riopel ND, Long R, Heffernan C, Tyrrell GJ, Shandro C, Li V, Islam MR, Stobart M, Sharma MK, Soualhine H, Cooper R. Characterization of Mycobacterium orygis, Mycobacterium bovis, and Mycobacterium caprae Infections in Humans in Western Canada. J Infect Dis. Epub ahead of print. 2024.
25/02/2024
O´Halloran C, Barker EN, Hope JC, Gunn-Moore DA. Canine tuberculosis: A review of 18 new and 565 previously reported confirmed cases. Vet J. 304:106089. 2024.
15/02/2024
Bouchez-Zacria M, Jabert P, Réveillaud É, Richomme C, Marsot M. Intra- and interspecies infectious neighbourhoods as determinant parameters for Mycobacterium bovis infection among badgers in southwestern France. Prev Vet Med. 225:106146. 2024.
13/02/2024
Dressel D, VerCauteren KC, Lavelle MJ, Snow NP, Campa H 3rd. Use of rhodamine B as a biomarker in a simulated oral vaccine deployment against bovine tuberculosis in white-tailed deer. Front Vet Sci. 11:1354772. 2024.
08/02/2024
Pozo P, Isla J, Asiain A, Navarro D, Gortázar C. Contribution of herd management, biosecurity, and environmental factors to the risk of bovine tuberculosis in a historically low prevalence region. Animal. 18(3):101105. 2024.
02/02/2024
Pate M, Zajc U, Pirš T, Ocepek M, Krt B. Bovine Tuberculosis in Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) in Slovenia. J Wildl Dis. Epub ahead of print. 2024.
26/01/2024
Onnainty R, Marini MR, Gravisaco MJ, García EA, Aagaard C, Canal A, Granero G, Bigi F, Blanco FC. Live attenuated Mycobacterium bovis strains combined with the encapsulated H65 antigen as a vaccine strategy against bovine tuberculosis in a mouse model. Vet Microbiol. 291:110007. 2024.
17/01/2024
Silva-Pereira TT, Soler-Camargo NC, Guimarães AMS. Diversification of gene content in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex is determined by phylogenetic and ecological signatures. Microbiol Spectr. 12(2):e0228923. 2024.
06/01/2024
Ferreras-Colino E, Contreras M, Risalde MA, Sevilla IA, Delgado E, Domínguez L, Gortazar C, de la Fuente J. Heat-inactivated mycobacteria activate the toll-like receptor 2 and 4 pathways in the zebrafish model of tuberculosis. Vaccine. 42(3):403-409. 2024.
04/01/2024
Pandey A, Feuka AB, Cosgrove M, Moriarty M, Duffiney A, VerCauteren KC, Campa H 3rd, Pepin KM. Wildlife vaccination strategies for eliminating bovine tuberculosis in white-tailed deer populations. PLoS Comput Biol. 20(1):e1011287. 2024